yesfitz 6 days ago

The Associated Press (AP) is continuing coverage on this. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants...

Besides causing chaos for grants that are regularly awarded (i.e. annually), the AP also said, "Even grants that have been awarded but not spent are supposed to be halted."

The chaos could dramatically increase depending on the meaning of "spent" in that context. Does "spent" mean that the funds were disbursed to the grant recipient? Or that the funds left the grant recipient's accounts?

ceejayoz 6 days ago

https://archive.is/vOlPA

> The memo states its orders should not be “construed” to impact Social Security or Medicare recipients, and also says the federal financial assistance put on hold “does not include assistance provided directly to individuals.”

This is so poorly worded it likely pauses Medicaid funds.

derelicta 6 days ago

Good. Gotta redirect em money to whats important; War!

  • redeeman 4 days ago

    yeah, trump has started so many wars, more than bush and obama combined!

    • derelicta 18 hours ago

      Considering the threats his adminstration is making to the Cuban and Venezuelian Republic, he will likely be on par with Genocide Joe.