Flabbergasted by the Funding Freeze? Here’s What Could Happen Next.

Flabbergasted by the Funding Freeze? Here’s What Could Happen Next.

Here’s the state of play: The Trump administration has continued to withhold already-obligated funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure law from state and local governments, nonprofits, companies, and other entities. More than a dozen groups have filed lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s suppression of congressionally appropriated funds that don’t align with his political agenda, and several district…

Trump’s funding freezes and clawbacks: Illegal, stupid, dangerous – Jackson Advocate

By Ben Jealous Jackson Advocate Guest Writer “Panic, confusion, and anger.”  That’s how BlueGreen Alliance president Jason Walsh described to CNN the state that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant awardees were left in after having their funding frozen (then unfrozen, then frozen again) by the Trump administration.   “Contracts are going to get broken if this doesn’t stop, and workers are going to get laid off,” said Walsh. “I didn’t ant…

Inside the USDA, staffers struggle with Trump’s funding freeze

One office in the agriculture department show how efforts to comply with Trump’s DEI order have halted some grant payments, even as judges have ordered an end to its funding freeze.