"Budget Gambit: Trump Administration Holds Up $2 Billion in Education Funding Amid Congressional Concerns. In a move that has left lawmakers scrambling, the Trump administration is employing a little-known federal budget procedure to block the allocation of over $2 billion in education funding that was explicitly approved by Congress in February. The funds, intended to support various education initiatives, have been frozen in limbo, sparking worries among lawmakers that the administration is circumventing the legislative process. As the stalemate continues, educators and advocates are calling for transparency and clarity on the administration's motives behind this unprecedented move."


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 ...