Richard Nixon tried the same thing Donald Trump is trying in not spending money Congress has already approved. It did not end well.

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday issued a sweeping directive to federal agencies to temporarily pause billions of dollars of spending on health care, housing assistance and disaster relief.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump’s late-night purge of 18 independent inspectors general violates a law Congress enacted in the years after Richard Nixon’s corrupt presidency and strengthened in 2022 to defend against “the next Donald Trump who turned out to be Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering all federal assistance to be temporarily paused, as Trump and his allies have argued he can block government funds that Congress has already authorized, despite a federal law forbidding it.

Trump and Nixon are far from the only presidents to rake in money for inaugurations. Twelve years after Nixon's $4 million ceremony, Ronald Reagan set a record with a $20 million swearing-in that featured more elaborate celebrations, according to ethics watchdog Public Citizen.

A North Jersey mansion listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday issued a sweeping directive to federal agencies to temporarily pause billions of dollars of spending on

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