The White House budget office has ordered a pause on a wide range of federal grants and loans, impacting trillions of dollars in programs across the country. The order, sent Monday night, sparked immediate confusion and questions about which funds were affected. The Washington Post is tracking the situation and providing updates on which programs are on hold, which are not, and which remain unclear.
By Hannah Natanson, The Washington PostPresident Donald Trump arrives to speak at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
The Washington Post is tracking which federal funds and programs are on hold, which are not and which buckets of money remain in limbo. We will update this list as we know more.- Research grants. Some National Institutes of Health grants for research projects that are already underway are now on pause, according to an NIH employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
- Federal student loans and Pell grants. These funds for eligible low- and moderate-income college students are not affected by the freeze, an Education Department spokeswoman said Monday. - Money for small businesses and farmers. The budget office document published Tuesday said these programs would not be frozen.- Medicaid. The budget office put out a memo Tuesday saying Medicaid was not meant to be affected. However, state and federal officials told The Post on Tuesday that they were unable to draw down funds for Medicaid from a federal payment management system, effectively freezing the program around the country.
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