An internal memorandum sent on Monday by the Office of Management and Budget ordered federal agencies to pause all grants and loans.

Will the federal government freeze financial assistance or not? Who will be affected if it does? Those questions have been asked many times this week after Matthew Vaeth, the Trump administration's acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),

A freeze warning rocked the U.S. this week. And it had nothing to do with the weather. On Monday, the Trump administration issued a memorandum that instructed federal agencies to temporarily pause all grants,

President Donald Trump’s pause on federal grants and loans has agencies and individuals scrambling as the fallout continues.

Nothing in this memo should be construed to impact Medicare or Social Security benefits,” the memo from the Office of Management and Budget reads.

The two-page memo, which is set to take effect on Tuesday night, could impact lower-income households that rely on Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs; and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,

The White House rescinded a pause on all Federal grants and loans, but the short-lived action shined a light on what could come in the future.

Unclear if sweeping executive order will affect Medicaid and other federal assistance programs for older Americans.

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

The sweeping halt, which encompasses a slew of longstanding government assistance disbursements including foreign aid, was set to go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m.

The memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget said that the hold would not impact Medicare, Social Security benefits or other payments that are “provided directly to individuals,” but that exception still left exposed trillions of dollars in spending on programs that are primarily routed through third parties before reaching Americans.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget sent this document to government agencies listing about 2,600 programs that were under review.