Opinion
Trump Handed First Major Loss as Judge Blocks His Funding Freeze
A judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s move to freeze funding for all federal grants and loans. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered a brief administrative stay on the Office of Management and Budget’s effort to stop funding to federal grant contracts.
Does Donald Trump's Funding Freeze Impact Medicaid? What We Know
Just one day after the White House announced the federal funding freeze, the Medicaid payment portal went down, according to Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
What does Trump's federal funding freeze mean for people who get aid?
Many are unclear on how sweeping the federal funding freeze is intended to be. Here are programs it could affect.
States say they’ve been shut out of Medicaid amid Trump funding freeze
Amid the Trump administration's abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they've lost access to Medicaid, a program jointly funded by the federal government and states to provide comprehensive health coverage and care to tens of millions of low-income adults and children in the US.
Federal judge in R.I. to rule on Trump’s funding freeze next week
After hearing arguments Friday, Judge John McConnell Jr. said he will rule within a week on whether to further require the Trump administration to keep federal funding flowing.
Trump Is Circumventing the Courts’ Block on His Federal Funding Freeze at NIH
By preventing mandated NIH grant meetings, Trump has effectively stalled the distribution of funds despite court orders.
If President Trump gets his federal funding freeze, here’s the one thing in Santa Clara County that will be hit the hardest
As questions continue over whether President Donald Trump can implement a federal funding freeze, a new report from Santa Clara County estimates that roughly $3.6 billion, or nearly 30%, of the county’s current budget comes from the feds.
Trump's federal spending freeze is back in RI court today. Here's what happened.
The states' challenge to Trump's freeze on spending landed in federal court in Rhode Island last month after authorities directed agencies to ensure compliance with the administration’s priorities.
US Judge Leery of Trump Administration's Defense of Federal Funding Freeze
A federal judge on Friday seemed likely to extend his earlier block on the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and other financial assistance, suggesting the broad initiative was beyond the powers of federal agencies.
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants
The judge found the administration's mandate that grant recipients not engage in "equity-related" programs was too broad.
Judge Says Trump Administration Didn’t Follow His Funding Order
A federal judge said the Trump administration failed to comply with his order to resume federal payments to foreign assistance programs administered by the US Agency for International Development, but he declined to hold the government in contempt as requested by groups that sued.
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The lasting human impact of Trump funding freeze: An 86-year-old’s ride to dialysis now feels tenuous
The uncertainty around the spending freeze was an epiphany for some, a realization of how omnipresent government services are ...
Federal directives create uncertainty for local health care providers, Medicaid funding
Health care and nonprofit providers have had not seen major impacts following actions by the Trump administration, but some ...
The funding freeze endangered community health centers. That’s bad for all of us.
That simple sentiment has been one of the guiding principles for community health centers for 60 years, ever since the first ...
Insider: Whitmer's office debated how to portray impact of Trump funding freeze, emails show
Questions from reporters about the status Michigan's Medicaid payment system prompted debate within Gov. Whitmer's office ...