The White House issued a memo that temporarily pauses federal grants, loans, and financial assistance, causing confusion among various sectors that rely on these funds. This decision has raised alarm among government officials, NGOs, and state agencies. Critics like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Chris Murphy claim this is an illegal power grab by President Trump. The legality of this freeze is currently being challenged in court, with U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan temporarily blocking the action, but the situation remains uncertain regarding what programs would ultimately be affected.
"We're getting panicked calls," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a Jan. 28 press conference. "Virtually any organization, school, state, police, office, county, town or community depends on federal grant money to run its day-to-day operations, and they're all now in danger."
"This is an attempt by Donald Trump to seize power," said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. He called it an "illegal and unconstitutional decision to put the president of the United States and no one else in charge of who gets federal money and who doesn't."
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