White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that the Trump administration's plans for a "funding freeze" were still active after the White House rescinded a memo implementing the policy.
According to NBC News, President Donald Trump's executive order was rescinded Wednesday after a federal court halted the funding freeze on all federal grants and loans. The freeze had created nationwide chaos for programs like Medicaid.
A memo from the Office of Management and Budget stated simply,"OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded,"
"This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze," Leavitt later insisted in a statement. "It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo."
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"Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction," she added. "The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented."
Despite Leavitt's clarification, the funding freeze remains halted by a federal court until Feb. 3.
