"Budget Gambit: Trump Administration Seeks to Block $2 Billion in Education Funding. In a move that has left lawmakers scrambling, the Trump administration is utilizing a little-known federal budget procedure to withhold over $2 billion in education funding that was explicitly approved by Congress in February. The action, which has been met with widespread criticism from Democrats and education advocates, appears to be a last-ditch effort by the administration to circumvent the will of Congress and reshape the nation's education priorities. As the dispute heats up, concerns are growing about the potential impact on schools and students across the country."


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 ...