A federal court has blocked an order from President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze a broad swath of federal spending on controversial programs.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a two-page memo on Monday ordering a freeze of federal spending aimed at cutting off funding used to “advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies.”
A federal judge on Tuesday paused the impending freeze, scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. The judge granted a request to stay Trump’s spending freeze as part of a lawsuit, according to NBC News.
Trump instituted the freeze to give his administration time to “identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President’s policies and requirements.” The order targeted a plethora of federal spending programs totaling potentially trillions…
