Four groups file lawsuit challenging pause of federal funding; Karoline Leavitt says federal grant freeze wouldn’t impact direct assistance to individuals

• Alarm as Trump administration pauses all federal spending on grants and loans

Senator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.

“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote.