A constitutional conflict is brewing over Congress' power of the purse and whether the president can refuse to spend what Congress has directed him to spend.
Since taking office, the Trump administration — along with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — has been seeking to cut federal spending, reduce workforce levels and dismantle programs and bureaucracies without going through the legislative process. They're instead claiming that the president has the power to...
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