Trump's federal funding freeze on hold — as ‘chaos, confusion and fear’ grip Chicago
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out "wokeness" in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.
Gov. Pritzker blasted the Trump administration, saying the federal government lied to state officials that the freeze would affect Medicaid.
White House sources said the Medicaid payment portal issues were unrelated to the federal funding freeze. However, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the White House was lying about what happened.
Illinois lawmakers are voicing strong concerns after the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze created widespread confusion and disruptions to critical services.
Illinois and other states were shut out of the Medicaid system Tuesday. The White House confirmed the portal “outage,” but insisted payments would be unaffected.
Multiple VERIFY readers, including Amy, Kelly and Susan, have asked if the federal funding freeze affects Medicaid, the nation’s public ... of Americans overnight and will get people killed.” ...
The states argue that the cuts would halt research into treatments and cures for diseases, infectious diseases and addiction.
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