'OPB Politics Now': How Trump’s federal funding freeze landed in Oregon

President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.

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

Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.