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.

The Trump administration said it would release more than $1 billion in federal funding for after-school programs that had been paused.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on the Middle East. Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahrain’s crown prince and dined privately with Qatar’s prime minister.

A deal to resolve allegations that the university failed to protect Jewish students from harassment is expected to include a fine of about $200 million.

Officials expect the White House Counsel’s Office to review more than 1 million documents related to Biden’s use of autopen.

With little progress to share on the region’s most intractable problems, including the war in Gaza, President Trump was more focused on promoting diplomatic ties as a vehicle for economic growth.

The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

The White House is refusing to release its federal budget proposal, an Office of Management and Budget official confirmed Thursday in a move experts have decried as “extraordinarily unusual,” and potentially illegal.