On federal spending, Donald Trump's team says it wants less bipartisanship, while expressing indifference to Congress’ existence. That's not sustainable.

Sen. Thom Tillis stood on the Senate floor and warned White House aides to tread carefully as they cut foreign aid and to remember the promises they made to get a rescission bill approved by senators.

The Trump administration is withholding billions in education funding that was supposed to be distributed earlier this month. Democrats and some Republicans are urging the White House to reverse course.

"Though the House and Senate have much still to debate on full-year appropriations, this much is clear: Congress is rejecting the full extent of the unprecedented, unstrategic, and wasteful cuts to NASA and NASA science proposed by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget," the Planetary Society said in a statement.

The last Air Force vice chief, Gen. Jim Slife, was fired by President Trump in February without explanation as part of a broader purge of military leaders.

OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the White House is on board with a substitute amendment to the

Senate Republicans reached an agreement Tuesday with the White House on a slimmed-down $9 billion package of spending cuts that preserves funding for AIDS treatments in Africa, a key concern for a group of GOP lawmakers.