Judge stops Trump’s freezing with regard to federal grants and loans

A US judge temporarily stopped President Donald Trump’s order from freezing hundreds of billions of dollars of federal grants and loans, minutes before it came into force on Tuesday.

Judge Loren Alihan’s order to suspend the plan until next Monday at 5:00 pm (22:00 GMT) came in response to a case brought earlier during the day by a group of organizations representing the recipients of grants.

The trial claims that the temporary freezing of the White House from already approved funding violates the law.

In the classes, before the order came into force, there was a wide confusion about which agencies and programs would be influenced.

The acting head of the White House budget office has instructed the agencies “temporarily pause all activities related to liabilities or payment of all federal financial assistance”.

It states that this move is intended to give time to the new administration to judge what grants and loans are up to date with their program.

White House press release Carolyn Levitt said Trump’s plan to pause billions of dollars for financing the US government is related to “good tax dollars”.

Speaking to reporters in her first briefing, she said the financing pause would allow governments to reduce the cost of “awakened” gender questions and variety programs.

But this caused confusion, as well as anger from opposition data on Tuesday, as those who receive federal loans and grants – such as non -profit and research organizations – in accordance with the reality of rapid loss of funding.

Judge Alihan said on Tuesday that he was issuing a short stay that would “keep the status quo” until he could hold an oral dispute now placed for Monday morning.

The White House Directive could affect billions of dollars intended for federal programs from relieving disasters to cancer studies.

In the publication of X, Diane Yentel, the chairman of the National Council of Non -Profit organizations, the organization, which brought the case, celebrated the decision.

“Our lawsuit was successful – the US District Court is blocking Omb (Management and Budget Service) from the advancement of its reckless plan to suspend federal funding,” she writes.

In the court case, her organization writes that Trump’s order seeks to “eradicate essentially all federal grants programs.”

He claims that Trump’s order is “deprived of any legal basis or the largest justification” and will have pulsation effects throughout and beyond.

This is separate from the claim of a coalition of democratic countries that brought a case later on Tuesday to block the order, calling it unconstitutional.

Stephen Miller, the Deputy Chief of the White House Staff, also defended the directive before the judge’s decision was announced, telling reporters that this would allow the government to receive Credit Control.

“This does not affect any federal programs that Americans rely on,” he said, answering the question whether a food delivery program would be affected for wheels.

On Tuesday, several states reported problems that have access to funds through Medicaid, a government health insurance program for low -income people. Later, the White House said the program would not be affected and that the problem would be resolved soon.

He also said that social security benefits would not be affected, nor any program that “provides direct benefits to people”, including an additional eating program known as SNAP or Food PatSS.

In a letter to the White House, the Higher Democrats expressed “exceptional anxiety” about the financing pause plan.

“The scope of what you order is breathtaking, unprecedented and will have pernicious consequences throughout the country,” writes Washington senator Patty Murray and Connecticut Rosa Delauro.

The democratic leader of minorities in the US Senate Chuck Sumer said this move would lead to missed salaries and rental payments and would cause “chaos”.