Sabrina Tavernisi

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From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily. This week, President Donald Trump made one of the most audacious moves since he took office, freezing trillions of dollars in federal money, everything from anti-poverty programs to foreign aid, in order to purge the government of what he called woke ideology.

From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily. This week, President Donald Trump made one of the most audacious moves since he took office, freezing trillions of dollars in federal money, everything from anti-poverty programs to foreign aid, in order to purge the government of what he called woke ideology.

Today, my colleague, White House reporter Mike Scheer, on that order, the chaos that it prompted, and whether it is likely to survive in court. It's Wednesday, January 29th. So, Mike, President Trump has done something pretty remarkable. All of Washington, where you are right now, is talking about it.

Today, my colleague, White House reporter Mike Scheer, on that order, the chaos that it prompted, and whether it is likely to survive in court. It's Wednesday, January 29th. So, Mike, President Trump has done something pretty remarkable. All of Washington, where you are right now, is talking about it.

I'm wondering if you can lay out for listeners exactly what he did and what's unfolded in the days since.

I'm wondering if you can lay out for listeners exactly what he did and what's unfolded in the days since.

Okay, so basically the memo is saying all these federal funds go out to all of these programs all over the country. They need to be put on hold to make sure that none of them are actually at odds with the administration's agenda. Right.

Okay, so basically the memo is saying all these federal funds go out to all of these programs all over the country. They need to be put on hold to make sure that none of them are actually at odds with the administration's agenda. Right.

So exactly how does the memo propose that this is going to work?

So exactly how does the memo propose that this is going to work?

So which programs exactly will be affected here? What do we know about that?

So which programs exactly will be affected here? What do we know about that?

Okay, so this memo, as you say, is quite a bombshell in Washington. What happens next?

Okay, so this memo, as you say, is quite a bombshell in Washington. What happens next?

How should we make sense of that disconnect? I mean, the White House is saying Medicaid not affected, but Medicaid clearly was affected. I mean, was the White House just not being forthcoming?

How should we make sense of that disconnect? I mean, the White House is saying Medicaid not affected, but Medicaid clearly was affected. I mean, was the White House just not being forthcoming?

point, what are those thousands upon thousands of organizations and grantees saying? What's happening over the course of the day?

point, what are those thousands upon thousands of organizations and grantees saying? What's happening over the course of the day?