The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours.



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Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze

The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours.

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By Jeremy Herb, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours. A sweeping freeze on trillions in federal spending for grants and loans, issued Monday night by the White House budget office to federal agencies without fanfare, sparked outrage and confusion – even among fellow Republicans. The impact touched all c…

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QUICK TURNAROUND: TRUMP SHORT-CIRCUITS FUNDING CONTROVERSY. The flap over the Trump White House’s temporary freeze on some discretionary federal funding was the first controversy of the second Trump administration that reminded observers of the early days of the first Trump administration. The new White House issued a wide-ranging directive without fully detailing what it would and... The post Quick turnaround: Trump short-circuits funding contr…

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Quick turnaround: Trump short-circuits funding controversy

“The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours,” CNN reports. “A sweeping freeze on trillions in federal spending for grants and loans, issued Monday night by the White House budget office to federal agencies without fanfare, sparked outrage and confusion – even among fellow Republicans. The impact touched all corners of the country, with state Medicaid funding portals briefly shutter…

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Inside 45 Hours of Chaos

In a major reversal, The Trump administration has withdrawn a memo ordering a freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding, following a widespread backlash. In another surprise announcement, President Donald Trump also announced an expansion of a crackdown on undocumented immigrant workers, saying he will send 30,000 to a mass detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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A legal setback for President Trump's federal funding freeze

President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget rescinded the memo freezing all federal assistance, but White House Press Secretary says Trump's executive orders on federal funding "remain in full force and effect."

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Yesterday Trump rescinded an order he had made late Monday night that froze up to $3 trillion in federal grants and loans.That order had caused wild confusion across America.Hospitals, schools, nonprofits, research organizations, preschool programs, and police departments wondered if they had lost federal financial support.The Medicaid system that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans was interrupted.Earlier this week, a feder…

Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze

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