White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. At 27-years-old, Leavitt is the youngest White House Press Secretary in history. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images
Democrats reactedquickly to the Trump administration’s requirement that federal agencies pause financial assistance programs pending review.
“The blast radius of Trump’s terrible, unconstitutional, and illegal decision to halt virtually all federal grants and loans is virtually limitless,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on X.
