"Budget Bombshell: Trump Administration Holds Up $2 Billion in Education Funding. In a move that has left lawmakers scrambling, the Trump administration is leveraging a rarely used federal budget procedure to block the release of over $2 billion in education funding that was explicitly approved by Congress in February. The funds, intended to support schools and students across the country, are now in limbo as the administration seeks to exert control over the allocation of these funds. Critics are accusing the administration of attempting to circumvent the will of Congress and wield unprecedented power over the education budget."
The Trump administration is using an obscure and typically routine federal budget procedure to withhold more than $2 billion for education that Congress approved in February. Lawmakers belatedly ...