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OMB rescinds its sweeping federal funding-freeze memo after two days

Memo covering all federal financial assistance withdrawn

Original action

OMB issued Memo M-25-13 pausing the obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.

  • Office of Management and Budget

Reversal

After a court TRO partially blocked the pause, OMB formally rescinded Memo M-25-13. The White House said the rescission ended confusion from the injunction but was 'NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze' itself.

  • Mechanism: rescission

Notes

A partial walk-back: the memo was rescinded but the administration asserted the underlying executive-order freezes remained in effect.

Added 2026-06-18 · Updated 2026-06-18