‘I’ll check’: Karoline Leavitt won’t commit to not withholding Medicaid health care
‘Sponge off the government’: CNN anchor gobsmacked as Republican gripes about hungry kids
CNN host Pamela Brown appeared stunned on Tuesday after Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) brushed off concerns about students being able to get lunches at school thanks to President Donald Trump’s freeze of federal loans and grants.
“Five-alarm fire”: Trump OMB tries to freeze federal spending in unconstitutional power grab
In a sweeping and unprecedented attempt to seize power reserved for Congress, President Donald Trump’s budget office on Monday directed government agencies to freeze all grants and loans for a wide range of programs that could include domestic infrastructure projects, health care programs, housing assistance and a host of other initiatives that depend on money authorized by lawmakers. The order was issued in a leaked two-page memo first obtained by Marisa Kabas, an independent journalist.
Matthew Vaeth, Trump’s acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), wrote that the pause, which will take effect on Tuesday evening, is being imposed to ensure that the government is complying with Trump’s policy agenda and will not affect Social Security, Medicare or “assistance provided directly to individuals.” Possible exceptions will be reviewed and granted on a “case-by-case basis.” Agencies have a Feb. 10 deadline to submit appeals on any program targeted for suspension.
The memo by Vaeth lays the groundwork for Trump’s nominee for OMB chief, Russell Vought — who is awaiting confirmation by the Senate — to implement deep cuts detailed in Project 2025, a right-wing policy blueprint he played a key role in assembling.
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“They say this is only temporary, but no one should believe that,” he said. “Donald Trump must direct his Administration to reverse course immediately and the taxpayers’ money should be distributed to the people. Congress approved these investments and they are not optional; they are the law.” Later Tuesday morning, he told reporters that a group of state attorneys general are going to challenge the order in court.
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The memo, while light on most administrative details, broadly attacks “Marxist equity, transgenderism, and Green New Deal social engineering policies” that are a “waste of taxpayer dollars,” singling out infrastructure and clean energy projects, foreign aid, funding for nonprofits and diversity-related programs for permanent elimination.
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They want poor people to die!
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