The Trump administration’s decision to temporarily pause federal grants and loans is throttling Capitol Hill, with some lawmakers describing the measure as “senseless chaos.”

BY MELISSA ANGELL, POLICY CORRESPONDENT @MELISSKAWRITES

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Update: A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday paused Trump’s directive to temporarily freeze federal funding for at least a week after the directive faced legal challenge.

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As markets tumbled and 401(k) plans took a knife to the jugular on Monday, so did government funding after, on Trump’s request, the Office of Management and Budget sneaked in a memo that temporarily pauses all federal grants and loans, except social........

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