Trump’s Funding Pause Is Not ‘Across-the-Board’ Freeze, White House Says
President Donald Trump’s administration rushed to clarify a memo pausing federal grants, loans, and financial assistance, saying that the instructions from the White House budget office were not intended as an “across-the-board” freeze.
Confusion Over Federal Funding Freeze Marks First White House Briefing, Hours Before Judge Blocks It
A federal judge blocked the funding freeze from going into effect, after a day in which Trump's White House scrambled to contain confusion.
More confusion as White House rescinds federal funding freeze
The policy reversal follows a tumultuous 48 hours as lawmakers and citizens expressed concern that funding for health care, law enforcement, disaster aid, and infrastructure spending could be paused or delayed.
US States Ask Judge to Enforce Order Blocking Trump Funding Freeze
Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce his order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants,
Washington leaders offer more detail on federal funding blocked by Trump
Agencies are reporting tens of millions of dollars in stalled grant funding for a range of infrastructure and environmental projects.
Bonta says Trump is 'spitting in the face of our democracy' as federal funds remain frozen
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta joined a coalition of more than 20 states Friday in asking a federal court to once again intercede and force the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding.
Federal funds for CT project frozen for days after Trump order
For several days, the CT city wasn’t able to access a federal Treasury account containing the money needed to continue work on a geothermal project.
White House regroups as funding freeze chaos recalls first term’s travel ban
Democrats declared victory for blunting Trump’s momentum while the White House insisted it isn’t backing down.
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 ...
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Senator Mark Kelly Raises Concerns Over White House Funding Freeze Impacting Defense Readiness and Innovation
Sen. Mark Kelly discusses the negative effects on defense readiness from a White House order freezing federal funding.
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White House defends dramatic federal funding freeze
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt vehemently defended the administration’s sweeping freeze on federal aid ... spending and looks to eliminate funding that does not support the ...
Evening Report — White House withdraws funding freeze memo amid backlash
Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Alex Brandon, Associated Press White House rescinds memo amid legal battle THE TRUMP ...
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White House backs down on funding freeze - for now
The White House issued the order rescinding the funding freeze in a terse memo Wednesday that leaves unanswered whether the funding freezes would be reinstated. “OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is ...
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White House rescinds federal funding freeze, defusing brewing legal battle
The White House said that the funding freeze wouldn’t affect programs that send money to individual people, including Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, student loans and scholarships.
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Trump’s federal funding freeze continues to loom over Colorado lawmakers’ budget-cut decisions
Colorado lawmakers are in the dark about what comes next after a White House decision to freeze wide swaths of federal ...
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Live updates: Federal funding freeze; 1st White House press briefing; buyouts
The first White House press briefing took place Tuesday at the helm of the youngest press secretary ever, Karoline Leavitt. The funding freeze, announced this morning, was a hot topic, ...