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Judge temporarily pauses Trump’s freeze on grants, loans

By Reuters A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily paused part of the Trump administration’s sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, granting a win to advocacy groups who said the policy would be devastating. At a hearing in Washington, D.C., federal court, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the Trump administration not to block “open awards,” or funds that were already slated to be disbursed, until at least Feb. 3. The judge said her temporary ruling was intended to “maintain the status quo.” It does not block the Trump administration from freezing funding to new programs, or require it to restart funding that has already ended. AliKhan scheduled another hearing for Monday at 11 a.m. EST […]

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