As Trump Hits Pause on Certain Federal Financial Assistance Programs, Including for Grants and Loans, What Are Recipients’ Rights and Remedies?

Winston & Strawn – On January 27, 2025, the White House published Memorandum M-25-13, titled “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs.” The initial Memo appeared to suspend all funding for all federal grants, cooperative agreements, noncash contributions or donations of property, direct appropriations, food commodities, other financial assistance, loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, and insurance that may be implicated by his executive orders.