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Politics
Nicholas Liu

OMB rescinds memo, causes more confusion

President Donald Trump's budget office is rescinding the wording, but not necessarily the substance, of its previous order for a blanket suspension of most federal aid, according a memo leaked to independent reporter Marisa Kabas.

The order issued on Monday was widely criticized by Democrats, NGO leaders and political activists as an unconstitutional power grab by the White House. A federal judge blocked the order Tuesday after the group Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration.

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