Amid all the uproar over President Donald Trump’s spending freeze—now delayed by a judge appointed by President Joe Biden—there’s some critical context missing.

On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to federal agencies calling for a temporary pause on spending for grants, loans, and financial assistance. (On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan paused the freeze temporarily.)

The pause is not a wholesale cancelation of congressionally directed spending, as the media is reporting. It is not only necessary to earnestly comply with the series of executive orders issued by Trump affecting agency functions, it is a practice utilized by Democrat administrations. Moreover, there is vital context that has been almost completely ignored by the mainstream media: the........

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