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Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, reversing course 2025/01/29 00:00
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- URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/29/white-house-budget-office-spending-freeze/
- Posted: 2025-01-29 (date: 2025/01/29)
- Topics: Trump-Vance administration/funds freeze
- Summary: «In the memo distributed to federal agencies, Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, states that OMB memorandum M-25-13 "is rescinded."» «[White House spokeswoman Caroline] Leavitt acknowledged that the initial budget office memo has been suspended but said that the administration’s broader efforts to block spending it opposes remain in effect. She said the order was rescinded to make clear that the administration will comply with the federal order pausing the freeze and to end the court case.» "We're rescinding the order" plus "we're still doing the thing it says" kind of computes to "we didn't mean for anyone to find out about this; we'll pretend to stop until you're not paying attention anymore".
- authors: Jeff Stein, Tony Romm
- source: Washington Post
Commentary
- 2025-01-29 13:11 EST social.coop/@MichaelTBacon «They blinked. Almost certainly not over yet, but by all means, this is a WIN.»