The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans. The freeze could impact trillions in government spending and halt public programs affecting millions of Americans.
A White House memo set off a flurry of panic across nonprofit groups, who said they were unable to access federal government systems used to withdraw funds.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman said in a statement announcing the ...