White House Rescinds Memo Ordering Federal Funding Freeze

CNN [1/29] - The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week. 

OMB had ordered the pause on federal grants and loans, according to the internal memorandum sent Monday, which unleashed anxiety even as the White House said it was not as sweeping an order as it appeared. Though White House aides publicly blamed the media for causing the confusion, the administration had received a flood of calls from lawmakers and state officials with questions about its impact on their home states. Cont.