Federal judge signals he will block Trump administration from freezing funding despite OMB rescission
A federal judge signaled he will issue a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from freezing federal loans and grants.
Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending
The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.
White House budget office rescinds federal funding freeze memo
The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo issued late Monday that froze a wide swath of federal financial
President Trump's freeze on federal funding. What grants and programs will be affected?
President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed. Here's what that means.
Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze
The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far pushed the envelope to reshape the federal government in Trump’s mold, sowing chaos and confusion that comes with firing career civil servants, pausing foreign aid programs and offering federal workers a buyout.
Trump Says Funding Freeze Was Targeted at Waste and Fraud
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a temporary freeze on certain discretionary spending announced by his administration a day earlier was meant to give time to the government to identify instances of improper spending.
Trump rescinds spending freeze on federal assistance
The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded its sweeping freeze of federal assistance, which roiled Washington and caused widespread confusion about which programs were affected by the move, according to a copy of the memo obtained by POLITICO.
Why Trump’s funding freeze is deepening fears that he seeks unlimited power
It was the day that Donald Trump’s new strongman presidency crashed into reality. His latest attempt to wield vast and questionable executive power – this time by temporarily halting federal aid – sparked nationwide confusion and fear with programs including Meals on Wheels and low-income housing assistance suddenly in limbo.
Trump's federal funding freeze sets off confusion and fear in New Hampshire
NH officials and nonprofit leaders scrambled for clarity after President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a freeze on nearly all federal financial assistance programs.
Trump Administration Rescinds Funding Freeze Ahead of Court Hearing
The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House official said, just shortly before it was set to appear in court for a second straight day to defend the policy.
What is the Office of Personnel Management? Trump is relying on this agency to reshape government
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the ...
Trump orders federal loans and grants paused. What we know so far.
President Trump's top budget office has directed agencies to pause federal loans and grants so the administration can review ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump to sign orders on education, antisemitism
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
How Donald Trump and Project 2025 previewed the federal grant freeze
ATLANTA (AP) — A White House order to freeze federal grants reflects a theory of presidential power that Donald Trump clearly ...
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This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop President Trump’s chaos-inducing funding freeze
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials ...
Trump admin pauses federal grants, demands return to office details in memo blitz
The Trump administration OPM and OMB offices went on a memo blitz on Monday, including directing agency leaders to pause ...
Donald Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis
Donald Trump's effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand ...
Trump's Power Play: What's Really Behind His Energy and Climate Orders
Legal and business experts in the clean-energy sector are sorting through President Donald Trump's aggressive executive ...