A U.S. judge on Monday extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan to freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, saying it may have "run roughshod" over Congress's ...

The funding pause “only applies” to discretionary ... their funds “are not frozen.” “Direct Loans, Pell Grants, and other federal student aid funds provided to individual students ...

But on Jan. 28, the U.S. Department of Education clarified that the pause on federal spending did not apply to federal student loans or Pell Grants, which help low-income students pay for college.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ... Social Security, student loans and food stamps — would not be affected. They also defended the funding pause, saying Trump was following through ...

Confusion followed the Jan. 27 announcement from the White House budget office that ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, as the scale of the potential impact on the University of ...