Presidents from both parties, including Trump, have let the budget grow and grow. The White House is trying to make changes on its own.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt vehemently defended the administration’s sweeping freeze on federal aid, arguing Tuesday in her first press briefing that it was critical to scrutinize the scope of the government’s spending.

California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."

The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.