On January 28, 2025, a U.S. District judge paused the U.S. Government’s temporary freeze on federal funding just minutes before it was set to take effect at 5 p.m. that day. The Washington, D.C. judge blocked the Trump administration’s directive for one week.

The legal challenge came from a coalition of organizations that filed a motion for a temporary restraining order. A federal memo issued on Monday, January 27th,  directed agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, to temporarily pause financial assistance by 5 p.m. the next day.

The memo from the Office of Management and Budget also called for federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive analysis of their federal financial assistance programs to see how they may be impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding diversity, equity and inclusion, nongovernment organizations, “woke gender ideology” and other activities.

The agencies have until Feb. 10 to share their analysis of any affected programs with OMB.

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