Trump freezes federal aid: How are Oklahomans affected? What to know

The Oklahoman By Dale Denwalt

Jan 28, 2025

The federal government's pause on funding and grants is almost guaranteed to affect Oklahomans and some programs administered by the state government, but the ultimate effect is unclear.

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders to reshape the federal government by, among other things, shuttering diversity programs, reversing environmental protection policies, ending the government's recognition of transgender Americans and rejecting an earlier presidential order that included abortion in the government's definition of "reproductive health care services."

As his orders are filtered down through the executive branch, federal agencies have now been told this week to "pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance" that could be affected by Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

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