Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block payments.
How Christian Groups Are Responding to Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
Since the inauguration, the incoming Administration has imposed spending freezes and stop-work orders on a wide swath of American foreign-aid enterprises. Funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—which,
How Trump's federal aid freeze endangers people with disabilities
As a judge in Washington, D.C., considers further halting the Trump administration's freeze on federal funds, a new court filing shows the human cost.
Judge extends halt on Trump federal aid freeze
A federal judge on Monday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a sweeping freeze on federal grants, rejecting arguments from the Justice Department that the case had become moot following the withdrawal of an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directive.
Judge blocks Trump federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid
The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.
Trump's federal aid freeze sparks confusion and anxiety in Arizona: What to know
The order is temporarily on ice, but uncertainty swirls around which programs would and wouldn't be hit by the federal aid freeze.
Judge halts Trump federal aid freeze at request of 22 states
U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing its halt on aid disbursements.
Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze
The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its spending memo. The judge disagreed.
Mulvaney says Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at Supreme Court
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday that President Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at the Supreme Court. “How does this end? This is already in the courts. You
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Could Prove to Be a Boon for the World’s Authoritarian Strongmen
When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate waste and block what he derides as “woke” spending that doesn’t align with
Trump’s Freeze on Foreign Aid Will Make Diseases Surge
President Trump’s sweeping spending freeze on U.S. foreign aid has immediate health consequences, writes Gavin Yamey.
Nonprofit's lawsuit over the federal funding freeze is part of an 'avalanche' of litigation
A new coalition of nonprofits came together overnight to challenge a seemingly sweeping order from the Trump administration ...
Are All Federal Grants Paused? White House Rescinds Federal Aid Freeze
One day after the White House announced a temporary pause on federal loans and grants, it rescinded the freeze.
Iowa Democrat seeks state aid for refugees caught in limbo after federal funding freeze
An iowa lawmaker is introducing a bill in the state senate to get state aid to help refugees who are in limbo after arriving ...
Democrats Confront Limits of Their Power in Bid to Stop Trump and Musk
Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk ...