The White House rescinded a pause on all Federal grants and loans, but the short-lived action shined a light on what could come in the future.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a temporary halt to “all federal financial assistance,” potentially paralyzing a vast swath of federal programs.

President Donald Trump has frozen $3 trillion in federal funds until his administration completes a full spending review. Here’s what it means.

The Trump administration late Monday directed federal agencies to pause the disbursement of loans and grants while the government conducts a review to ensure spending aligns with President Trump’s

Unclear if sweeping executive order will affect Medicaid and other federal assistance programs for older Americans.

President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed. Here's what that means.

The memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget said that the hold would not impact Medicare, Social Security benefits or other payments that are “provided directly to individuals,” but that exception still left exposed trillions of dollars in spending on programs that are primarily routed through third parties before reaching Americans.

A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping an order as it appeared.

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo issued late Monday that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance, which had paralyzed many federal programs and caused a huge uproar on Capitol Hill.

The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.

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