The freeze does not apply to military personnel or to positions related to immigration enforcement, national security and public safety. The White House is also exempted from the hiring pause.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X that while the earlier memo had been rescinded, the president’s executive orders freezing foreign assistance and ending diversity equity ...

"This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. She blamed "dishonest media coverage" for the widespread confusion and ...

“They are still holding billions of dollars in a freeze, and we're going to fight back.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Trump White House's reversal should justify ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal ... The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and ...

Then, on Wednesday morning, after drawing significant backlash, The White House rescinded the memo that ordered the freeze on federal grants and loans, according to a copy of the new memo obtained ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ... alarm about programs like Medicaid going dark. The big picture: The freeze, ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the freeze Tuesday before it was to take effect. The memo was rescinded by the Trump White House to “end the confusion” and “end the injunction,” a ...

President Donald Trump extended his administration’s hiring freeze of all federal civilian positions for another 89 days in a memo released Thursday evening. The freeze, which the president ...

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, insisted this afternoon that “This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.” She appeared to be referring to the fact that the ...

The freeze, which could affect billions of dollars ... assistance provided directly to individuals,” according to the White House memo that announced the pause on Monday. The pause gives ...