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Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid

In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Jan. 27. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP

By JENNIFER SCHOLTES and NICHOLAS WU
01/27/2025 09:36 PM EST
Updated: 01/27/2025 11:07 PM EST
One week in, the Trump administration is broadening its assault on the functions of government and shifting control of the federal purse strings further away from members of Congress.

President Donald Trump’s budget office Monday ordered a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders pausing funding for a wide range of priorities — from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid.

In a two-page memo obtained by POLITICO, the Office of Management and Budget announced all federal agencies would be forced to suspend payments — with the exception of Social Security and Medicare.
“The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” according to the memo, which three people authenticated.

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