U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration seems to abandon its plan to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in aid due to legal challenges and broad opposition.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump's administration seems to abandon its plan to freeze hundreds
00:05of billions of dollars in aid due to legal challenges and broad opposition.
00:09But officials say they still intend to reduce funding for programs Trump opposed.
00:14In a sudden reverse of policy introduced with minimal explanation late Monday, the White
00:18House Budget Office informed federal agencies that it was withdrawing a memo that ordered
00:22a freeze on grants and loan payments.
00:25A White House official says the reversal was meant to avoid legal challenges.
00:29The new directive came just before a court hearing on a lawsuit from Democratic state
00:33attorney generals seeking to block the freeze.
00:36The administration initially says the freeze was meant to review and cut funding to programs
00:40Trump sought to end.