In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.

The Trump administration late Monday directed federal agencies to pause the disbursement of loans and grants while the government conducts a review to ensure spending aligns with President Trump’s

President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily freeze hiring for federal agencies and a mandate for federal employees to return to their offices. It was one of several executive orders signed on his inauguration day.

The White House will give agencies two weeks to plan for the return of federal workers to the office, implementing an order President Donald Trump signed on the first day of his term to end Covid-era work-from-home accommodations.

By Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),

The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.