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White House rolls back its federal grant freeze
The White House's controversial federal grants and loans freeze appears to be over. A memo sent by Matthew J. Vaeth at the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday, January 29, and addressed to the heads of executive departments and agencies,
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, reversing course
The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a new memo obtained by The Washington Post, after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash.
The Trump White House Wants A Court Challenge Over Frozen Funds
An internal OMB document shows that it is official administration policy to block funding to provoke a constitutional challenge.
White House Considers Dozens of New Ways to Seize Spending Power
The White House is considering challenging the constitutionality of a 50-year-old law limiting the president’s control over federal spending, easing the firing of civil servants, curbing pay and reining in independent agencies,
White House Revokes Spending Freeze in Face of Legal Challenges
The first major domestic policy reversal of the Republican president's new term came after one federal judge had temporarily blocked the freeze and before another judge was due to
White House nixes massive spending move — not Trump’s power to do it
It also does not keep the administration from issuing new memos from the White House budget office on another spending freeze, with administration officials arguing that such an action falls within the power of the executive branch.
Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal money after widespread confusion
President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it ...
White House rescinds memo on federal aid freeze that caused widespread confusion
The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created ...
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.
White House rescinds federal funding freeze amid legal battle, widespread confusion
The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...
White House says Trump funding freeze remains in effect despite rescinding OMB memo
The OMB memo had directed federal agencies to pause grants and loans pending a review of compliance with the agenda of ...
White House Press Secretary’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Claim Is Quickly Dismantled By Critics
Karoline Leavitt’s debut White House press briefing comments about condoms and the truth also drew intense scrutiny.
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White House rescinds widespread freeze on federal funds that caused chaos inside agencies
The new memorandum, just two sentences long, will allow agencies to continue their normal operations after uncertainty over ...
Bond ETFs slip as Fed Chair Powell waits on White House policies
Exchange-traded funds focused on the bond market slipped Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve decided to pause its ...