By Michael D. Shear Reporting from Washington When President Trump said on Wednesday that his order to freeze federal spending was about “scams, dishonesty, waste and abuse,” he was echoing ...

that the White House said were not intended to be impacted by the freeze. Capping a frenetic day, a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from imposing the sweeping ...

adding that the rescission of the original memo did not mean that the funding freeze would not come into effect. "The only way Trump can proceed with impoundment is if the [Impoundment Control Act ...

The status of Trump's spending freeze was unclear after a memo outlining the freeze was rescinded The DOJ argued that the lawsuit to stop the freeze was aimed at the memo, not the freeze itself ...

Supplies of aid to the country have been disrupted since the freeze announced by President Trump.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid ...

A federal judge blocked President Trump’s federal aid freeze Friday, finding that Democratic state attorneys general who sued are likely to prevail in their claims that it is illegal.

The abrupt move — only two days after the freeze was first announced — quickly drew parallels to the chaotic policy roll-outs that regularly unfolded during Trump’s first administration and ...

While past presidents have tried to impound -- or hold back -- federal funding in specific cases, Trump's directive to indefinitely freeze financial assistance, grants and loans and foreign aid ...

Trump’s Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge Coalition of nonprofit organizations had sued over OMB memo Grant, loan money freeze is halted until Feb. 3 court hearing ...