The case raises a Constitutional question about the power of a president to impound funds that were authorized by Congress, to have the final say on all federal spending. The Impoundment Control Act ...

Week 2 of Trump’s tenure showed the president Americans grew to distrust in his first term — erratic, conspiratorial, and divisive — had not really gone anywhere.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.