Democrats declared victory for blunting Trump’s momentum while the White House insisted it isn’t backing down.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, insisted this afternoon that “This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.” She appeared to be referring to the fact that the ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X that while the earlier memo had been rescinded, the president’s executive orders freezing foreign assistance and ending diversity equity ...

The new order came shortly before a federal court hearing on a lawsuit filed by Democratic state attorneys general trying to stop the freeze. A White House official said the reversal was an ...

President Donald Trump’s administration appeared to abandon its proposed freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in aid on Wednesday in the face of legal setbacks and widespread opposition ...

Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON—A White House freeze on potentially trillions of dollars in government “financial assistance” was set to go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The White House is claiming the Wednesday move ... “This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by ...