The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.

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

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

President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far pushed the envelope to reshape the federal government in Trump’s mold, sowing chaos and confusion that comes with firing career civil servants, pausing foreign aid programs and offering federal workers a buyout.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a temporary freeze on certain discretionary spending announced by his administration a day earlier was meant to give time to the government to identify instances of improper spending.

NH officials and nonprofit leaders scrambled for clarity after President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a freeze on nearly all federal financial assistance programs.

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is on hold for now, on the order of a federal judge