The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded a memo Wednesday that had ordered a “temporary pause” on federal funding and unleashed major confusion across the country.
Why it matters: It’s an astonishing reversal by the Trump administration, a day after top officials defended the funding freeze — which a judge temporarily halted on Tuesday — as necessary to ensure all government spending was aligned with the president’s vision.
They’re still freezing the funding, they just don’t want to tell anyone about it.
But like, that’s how you freeze the funding… Agencies operate as normal until there is an official memo saying not to.