'Just give [Trump] a little time': Republican senator reacts to federal spending freeze confusion

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  White House rescinds attempt to freeze federal aid spending

  The Trump administration has rescinded an order attempting to put a widespread freeze on federal aid spending. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports from Capitol Hill on the order and the initial confusion ...
  
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  Federal Spending Freeze Threatens Ecosystems and Public Safety

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  Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants

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• White House revokes memo freezing federal aid. Trump will try to block spending in other ways.

  Democrats said the move was an unconstitutional seizure of power over the federal budget and warned of disruptions in funding to local police, domestic violence shelters, food programs and more.
  
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  White House rescinds spending freeze on federal loans and grants

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  Republicans largely back Trump's attempted federal aid freeze — with some notes of caution

  Elected Republicans in Washington and around the country were largely supportive of the Trump administration's attempted move to freeze federal aid programs.
  
  NBC News - 1d
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  Trump White House tries to clarify confusion over abrupt federal assistance freeze

  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing, faced a barrage of questions on the administration's freeze on federal aid programs.
  
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  Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion

  The Trump administration's abrupt freeze on nearly all federal grants and loans has created widespread confusion.
  
  NBC News - 1d

• Lawmakers react to Trump ordering federal funding freeze

  President Trump's memo calling for a freeze on federal funding for all public loans, grants and other aid is getting sharp criticism from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports.
  
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