The White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a temporary halt to “all federal financial assistance,” potentially paralyzing a vast swath of federal programs.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

The Trump administration ordered a temporary pause on federal grants, loans and financial assistance. What we know so far about the order.

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending. The funding freeze by the Republican administration could affect trillions of dollars and cause widespread disruption in health care research,

The Office of Management and Budget Wednesday rescinded the memo calling for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans after outcry over the damage it would cause to the many nonprofit groups and state and local agencies that depend on the funding,