Officials said the order, which was later rescinded, didn't affect FAFSA because the order excluded programs providing direct benefits to individuals.
It is unclear whether the pause will still take effect, given the administration's apparent U-turn and the legal challenges it faces.
The White House has made it clear that Social Security and Medicare won't be affected by a proposed federal funding freeze. This freeze appeared to be off the table, after the initial OMB memo calling ...
Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...
Op-Ed: Women disproportionately suffer during fiscal austerity, says gender economist Katica Roy. She explains how Trump’s ...
Those who continue distributing appropriated funds despite the freeze order are standing on firm legal ground.
President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants.
The Fed meets eight times a year to assess the health of the US economy and vote on the federal funds rate, the rate banks ...
The White House ordered a pause on all federal grants, partly intending to target diversity, equity and inclusion and other "woke" programs. A third of states' budgets comes from federal grants.
As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and ...
President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White ...