DOD reviewing new spending pause ordered by Trump administration

By Tony Bertuca / January 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Defense Department, amid broad confusion across the federal government, is reviewing a White House Office of Management and Budget directive that calls on all federal agencies to temporarily halt and review any "grants, loans or other financial assistance" that don't align with new executive orders from President Trump targeting "Marxist equity, transgenderism and green new deal social engineering policies." The Pentagon, according to a statement released today by an unnamed senior defense official, “will expeditiously analyze its financial assistance...

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