President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, as Trump and his allies have argued he can block government funds that Congress has already authorized, despite a federal law forbidding it.

Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget director in Donald Trump's first term, has signaled he will take a more aggressive approach to helping the president-elect carry out his agenda of shrinking the federal government.

A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo that sought to freeze up to $3 billion in funding for various U.S. federal programs, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Jan.

White House rescinds aid-freeze memo, clarifies that domestic entitlement programs won’t be touched, but USAID and other programs for Ukraine still face furloughs and an uncertain future.

The freeze – which could resume later – has left organizations and government agencies on the local, state and federal levels in flux.

President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.

After two days, the White House lifted the order to freeze public assistance, American media reported. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget sent a notice of this decision to all departments and federal agencies.

The temporary moratorium on some federal financial assistance programs was set to take effect Tuesday, setting off widespread confusion.

Even putting aside the security and moral reasons for supporting a free Kyiv, which are immense, backing Ukraine is a financially sound decision for the United States.

Ukraine will continue financing key humanitarian programs using internal funds after the United States halted its financial support, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy stated that Deputy Prime Minister for Ukraine’s Reconstruction Oleksii Kuleba and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Viktor Mykyta briefed him on critical

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...

During the meeting, the parties discussed the outcomes of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Ukraine. They also addressed the ... was given by Government officials and team of the Office – Oleksii Kuleba and Viktor Mykyta – on critical ...