Democrats express 'extreme alarm' after White House halts federal grants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Federal agencies must "temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance," and any other programs that included "DEI, woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal," Vaeth wrote.
49% : Trump earlier issued an executive order for a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance pending a review of efficiencies and consistency with his foreign policy.
48% : "From pausing research on cures for childhood cancer to halting food assistance, safety from domestic violence and closing suicide hotlines, the impact of even a short pause in funding could be devastating and cost lives," she added.
45% : The directive could paralyse billions of dollars meant for federal programmes, from disaster relief to cancer research, though Medicare and social security benefits will not be affected.
45% : It appeared to affect everything from development assistance to military aid, making exceptions only for emergency food aid and for military funding for Israel and Egypt.

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