On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order pausing the disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The order represented an immediate, inaugural-day challenge to Congress’s power of the purse, targeting two of the largest domestic spending packages enacted during the Biden administration and signaling that systematic impoundment would be a core feature of the new administration’s governing strategy.
Trump Signs Executive Order Pausing IRA and Infrastructure Funds