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President Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans shut down the flow of money on Tuesday to state offices for Medicaid, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans, and other services as the White House moved to rapidly put in place Mr. Trump’s most audacious plan to purge the government of what he calls a “woke” ideology.
Federal health researchers, nonprofit aid organizations and programs for early childhood education also reported interruptions in federal support, raising alarms about whether the order meant people would lose access to jobs, health care services, reduced-price meals and more.