The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.

Several executive orders Trump signed last week pause or end some federal funding. Those executive orders, which remain in place, include the freezing of foreign aid, all funds to federal grantees who received money for DEI-related purposes and all funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act.

The order is temporarily on ice, but uncertainty swirls around which programs would and wouldn't be hit by the federal aid freeze.

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its spending memo. The judge disagreed.

Daily life for thousands of displaced Syrians deteriorated following President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid. The al-Hol camp in northern Syria relies heavily on U.S. aid for essentials, such as bread,