Federal Funding Freeze: How White House Order Could Affect GA
The Trump administration’s abrupt pause on trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans could cause widespread program disruption in GA.
After federal grant freeze, nonprofits say ‘you don’t need to worry’
The White House is walking back a memo ordering the immediate freeze of federal grant money. Nonprofits, like Golden Harvest, wouldn’t have been affected but are still taking a sigh of relief.
Here’s what we know – and don’t know – about Trump’s federal funding freeze in Georgia
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. But not before the sprawling plan had unleashed a wave of confusion — and some panic — among public and private organizations that rely on the money to fund programs aimed at everything from Meals on Wheels to solar power to cancer research.
Trump White House rescinds freeze memo on federal grants, ending feud with Congress
The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.
Trump White House Rescinds Order Freezing Federal Grants After Widespread Confusion
President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country,
Trump offers buyouts to U.S. federal workers as judge blocks his grants, loans freeze
The White House began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs. The move is the latest effort to overhaul the U.S. government by Trump, whose recent proposal to pause federal grants and loans was blocked by a federal judge.
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Georgia Congressman faces backlash over comments about school lunch programs
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Federal funding freeze threatened services to children, seniors and veterans
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Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, empowering immigration officers to detain unauthorized immigrants when they ...
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The Laken Riley Act: A look at the first bill Trump just signed
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...
Republican suggests students work at McDonald's instead of getting free school lunches
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.