During a recent White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reassured the public that federal individual assistance programs will not be impacted by a freeze on federal grants and loans. Leavitt emphasized that individuals receiving direct assistance from the federal government, such as Social Security benefits, Medicare, food stamps, welfare benefits, and other aid, will not be affected by the pause on federal grants and loans.
Leavitt made it clear that the freeze on federal grants and loans is not a blanket pause on all federal assistance and grant programs from the Trump administration. The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo outlining the pause, which aims to eliminate what they refer to as 'wokeness' and the 'weaponization of government' in order to enhance government efficiency.
