Trump has suddenly severed federal funding, which is an overreach of powers, the governor and attorney general say

Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.

Confusion spread in Oregon on Tuesday as state officials and others who rely on federal funding sought to learn how the Trump administration’s sweeping funding freeze affects them.

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

Many local nonprofit organizations say they are concerned after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget attempted to freeze specific grants and funding as they look to cut federal spending, a move that was later blocked by a federal judge until Feb.

Oregon leaders condemned the Trump administration's temporary freeze on federal grants and loans on Tuesday, shortly before a federal judge blocked the funding pause from taking effect for now. The big picture: The planned funding pause has caused widespread confusion on how it could impact local programs,

Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday.A f