The White House budget office will begin pausing federal grants and loans Tuesday, as President Donald Trump looks to ensure all federal spending aligns with his recently signed executive orders. Under the pause,

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, according to a memo.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether

The Trump White House on Tuesday defended a widespread pause on federal grants and loans in the face of confusion among nonprofit groups and outrage from Democrats over the order. Press secretary

The White House Office of Management and Budget late Jan. 27 issued a memo directing federal agencies to temporarily pause federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs implicated by President Trump’s recent executive orders.

An order from President Donald Trump to pause federal aid and grants to programs around the country sparked mass confusion.

The White House Office of Management and Budget circulated a new memo Tuesday afternoon clarifying which programs will be subject to the pause on federal grant funding President Donald Trump

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

According to an internal memorandum, the White House budget office ordered a pause on federal grants and loans starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded a host of questions from the press corps from the briefing room for the first time on Tuesday. She announced at the top that the Trump administration plans to shake up the Brady briefing room and allow a plethora of “new media” to have access to the