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 defends aid federal funding freeze after White House says it rescinds order
President Donald Trump defended the federal aid spending freeze, saying it “in no way affected” Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The administration rescinded the order that froze federal ...NBC News - 9h -
White House defends dramatic federal funding freeze
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Trump says ‘we have 30,000 beds in Guantánamo’; officials scrap measure to freeze federal funding following backlash and court action. White House revokes spending freeze in face of legal ...The Guardian - 9h -
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.MarketWatch - 9h -
White House rescinds memo on freezing federal grants and loans
The freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars of federal grants had been temporarily halted by a judge on Tuesday.BBC News - 10h -
White House rescinds spending freeze on federal loans and grants
Press secretary insists administration isn’t backing down on fight to curb what they consider government waste. US politics live – latest updates A US judge granted a restraining order to stop ...The Guardian - 11h -
White House budget office rescinds federal funding freeze
The Trump’s administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance, which had paralyzed ...The Hill - 11h -
Democrats to sue White House budget office over federal grant freeze
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether ...The Hill - 1d -
White House orders freeze on federal aid to focus on Trump's conservative agenda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on domestic and foreign federal aid in a sweeping effort to stop government funding for causes that don't fit with his agenda.NBC News - 1d
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