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A fork in the road.”
When Musk fired 80% of Twitter’s employees on taking over the firm in 2022, he used the same language that headed this week’s memo to federal employees This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
said U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of Seattle, who put a temporary stay on Trump's plans It means no more funding for illegal DEI programs. It means no more funding for the Green New Scam that has cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. It means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. No more funding for Green New Deal social engineering policies. Again, people who are receiving individual assistance, you will continue to receive that."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated in a press briefing What matters for unemployment and the employment report is whether people are working that week or not,
I believe education is a fundamental right, and college is a very important experience that in the current education system, has proven to be vital,
While no one would be surprised by student loan forgiveness efforts being suspended, it would be a genuine surprise for the administration to toss grants and loans that have been pivotal to lower and middle class families being able to send students to school. Without those means of support, millions of Americans wouldn't have the financial option of higher education."
Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin, told Newsweek In the future or at least the next four years, I think Gen Z will be or should be worried about the dependability we put on the FAFSA as it always seemed like a sure thing up until this point. Trump as a businessman should be promoting education to further future society but is taking away our resources. There could potentially be dropouts due to this alone."
Before the federal funding freeze ended, Chloe Nines, a 24-year-old living in Austin, Texas, told Newsweek Any disruption to federal student aid creates significant challenges for students and institutions alike. From my experience advising families on college planning, even short-term uncertainties can force difficult decisions."
Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek I think that Trump's pause on federal aid was an ill thought-out power strike,
In light of the injunction, OMB has rescinded the memo to end any confusion on federal policy created by the court ruling and the dishonest media coverage,
Leavitt said in the statement Use executive orders to impound funds exceeding legislative intent or conflicting with constitutional duties, citing national security, fiscal waste, or statutory ambiguities,
This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze,
The President’s EO’s on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented,
Leavitt wrote on Wednesday The president does not get to decide which laws to enforce and for whom,
New York state Attorney General Letitia James told reporters on Tuesday in announcing the states’ suit We may not have majorities in the House and the Senate, but we DO have the power to loudly educate and mobilize against the mass looting the Trump admin is attempting against our veterans, healthcare, education, and more,
This is a temporary pause and a freeze to ensure that all of the money going out from Washington D.C. is aligned with the president's agenda,
The law forbids presidential impoundment of funds, but under certain circumstances allows a brief delay and gives the president means to ask Congress to reconsider an appropriation, known as rescission...Trump has not made the required notifications to Congress, and so his order this week to halt spending is patently illegal."
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, in an article for the Los Angeles Times The only way Trump can proceed with impoundment is if the [Impoundment Control Act] is unconstitutional and Train is reversed,
Can a president unilaterally substitute their own funding decisions for those of Congress?"
Joyce Vance said Thursday The past four years, we've seen the Biden administration spend money like drunken sailors. It's a big reason we've had an inflation crisis in this country, and it's incumbent upon this administration to make sure, again, that every penny is being accounted for honestly."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at a Tuesday briefing