The freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars of federal grants had been temporarily halted by a judge on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: A US judge on Tuesday (Jan 28) temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump's sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial aid, giving a win to

President Donald Trump's administration appeared to abandon its proposed freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in domestic aid on Wednesday in the face of legal setbacks and widespread opposition, though officials said they still planned to block funding for activities opposed by Trump.

Trump's budget office rescinded an order freezing federal grant spending, causing confusion and legal challenges. The freeze aimed to review compliance with Trump's executive orders on diversity, equity, inclusion, and climate change.

Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.

A federal judge blocked the funding freeze from going into effect, after a day in which Trump's White House scrambled to contain confusion.

The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump's freeze on funding for federal aid programs, which caused chaos and was temporarily blocked by a judge, US media reported Wednesday.

The Trump administration rescinded an order pausing the distribution of billions in federal funding and grants after widespread backlash.

The White House is making clear that even though the Trump budget office has rescinded its highly confusing and controversial memo declaring a massive and widespread freeze on possibly trillions of federal funding dollars, the actual funding freeze itself is still in effect and will be “rigorously i...