Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations that rely on Washington for their financial lifeline.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump policy that aimed at freezing federal grant funding
Advocacy groups for nonprofits, health care and small business fought to block the memo they argued could lead to 'catastrophic' harm cutting funding.
Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid: What to Know About Trump's Funding Freeze
Social Security benefits, Medicare benefits and food stamps won’t be affected, the White House press secretary said Tuesday. But she dodged questions about other programs.
Chaos ripples through country as Trump orders federal funding freeze
President Donald Trump plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion on Tuesday by pausing federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives,
UNR waits to see how Trump's funding freezes could affect campus
UNR monitoring presidential executive actions as President Trump has ordered the freezing of trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans.
New top prosecutor for DC advocated for Jan. 6 rioters and echoed Trump’s false 2020 election claims
The top federal prosecutor for Washington is a conservative activist who promoted Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories ...
Judge temporarily halts Trump’s federal grant pause as confusion reigns
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants that set off a firestorm ...
Kash Patel’s podcast persona: staunch Trump defender and fierce critic of the FBI he could soon lead
Patel, like Trump, has taken a different view, saying the rioters have been mistreated by the criminal justice system. A ...
Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for ...
Trump’s spending freeze sets up a future possible Supreme Court showdown over presidential power
President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the ...
Does Donald Trump's Funding Freeze Impact Medicaid? What We Know
Just one day after the White House announced the federal funding freeze, the Medicaid payment portal went down, according to ...
Jim Justice sees backing Trump as his Senate mandate
The 73-year-old freshman senator from West Virginia said he won’t be a “rubber stamp” but trusts Trump to make the “right ...
Trump deported 200 Colombians. None were criminals, Colombian officials say.
Among the deportees who arrived back home in Colombia Tuesday were two pregnant women and more than 20 children.
'It's our money': Has Trump defunded RI's new Washington Bridge? What we know.
NORTH KINGSTOWN − The fate of $600 million in federal funding for Rhode Island highway projects, including the westbound ...
Trump’s Order on Transgender Troops Will Likely Ban Their Service, Again
In an executive order issued Monday night, the president said transgender service members “cannot satisfy the rigorous ...
What Trump’s funding freeze could mean for universities, nonprofits and more
Some university researchers are uncertain about their grant funding. So are some early childhood service providers.
Trump’s immigration crackdown reaches New York City and shows its limits
In a display of force aimed at quickly increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s ...