{"id":37795,"date":"2025-01-28T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=37795"},"modified":"2025-01-28T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:45:27","slug":"trump-orders-a-funding-freeze-as-his-administration-reviews-federal-loans-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=37795","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders a funding freeze as his administration reviews federal loans and grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/u><\/a> administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding freeze by the Republican administration could affect trillions of dollars and cause widespread disruption in health care research, education programs and other initiatives. Even grants that have been awarded but not spent are supposed to be halted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,\u201d said a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pause takes effect at 5 p.m. ET, and it\u2019s unclear from the memo how sweeping it will be. Vaeth said that all spending must comply with Trump\u2019s executive orders<\/u><\/a>, which are intended to undo progressive steps on transgender rights<\/u><\/a>, environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaeth wrote that \u201ceach agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all of their Federal financial assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by any of the President\u2019s executive orders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington is a hub of spending that flows to various departments, local governments, nonprofits and contractors, and the memo has left countless people who are dependent on that money wondering how they will be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pause is the latest example of how Trump is harnessing his power over the federal system to advance his conservative goals. Unlike during his first term, when Trump and many members of his inner circle were unfamiliar with Washington, this time he\u2019s reaching deep into the bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are pushing the president\u2019s agenda from the bottom up,\u201d said Paul Light, an expert on the federal government and professor emeritus of public service at New York University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said there are risks in Trump\u2019s approach, especially with so many voters reliant on Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t just hassle, hassle, hassle. You\u2019ve got to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medicare and Social Security benefits will be unaffected by the pause, according to the memo. But there was no explanation of whether the pause would affect Medicaid, food stamps, disaster assistance and other programs. The memo said it should be implemented \u201cto the extent permissible under applicable law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you stopping NIH cancer trials?\u201d Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, wrote on social media, referring to the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A briefing with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, her first<\/u><\/a>, is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Rose DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees, expressed \u201cextreme alarm\u201d in a letter to Vaeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Administration\u2019s actions will have far-reaching consequences for nearly all federal programs and activities, putting the financial security of our families, our national security, and the success of our country at risk,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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