US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding

188.137 - 211.896 Janet Jalil

The White House had said the freeze was intended to bring spending into line with President Trump's anti-woke executive orders. The White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, who at 27 is the youngest person ever to hold that post, said during her debut media briefing that the freeze would not affect payments to individuals for crucial things like pensions, health care and food assistance.