"Direct assistance will not be impacted." Pressed on the scope of the pause on federal financial assistance programs, White House press sec. Leavitt tells ABC News' Mary Bruce that individuals "will not be impacted by this federal freeze." Agencies face a 5 p.m. ET deadline to comply with a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget to cease spending on any grant or loan programs if they suspect it might conflict with President Trump's recent executive orders on DEI, foreign aid,