White House orders all federal staff to return to in-office work or resign – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed.Judge temporarily halts federal grant and loans freezeMedicaid payment portals down after Trump’s federal funding freezeSenator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote. Continue reading...

White House orders all federal staff to return to in-office work or resign – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed.

Senator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.

“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote. Continue reading...