The freeze of payments to farmers, cities, Native American tribes and groups that protect watersheds could trickle down to threaten western economies, electricity supplies and agricultural production.

Trump's funding freezes could threaten the Colorado River. Some money was intended to keep the shrinking river flowing. And, the U.S. voted against a U.N. peace resolution for Ukraine.

The fate of the Colorado River is hanging in the balance after President Trump halted payments for a 4 billion-dollar program designed to keep its water flowing. It’s all tied up with one of the executive orders signed by President Trump on the first day of his second term,

President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.