Trump froze federal spending. Confusion and disarray followed.

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  Good morning.

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  It's Wednesday, January 29th.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News today.

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  On today's show, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's confirmation hearing for health secretary gets underway.

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  What to know about a new AI from China that's rattled American tech companies and financial markets.

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  And the Mona Lisa is moving.

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  But first,

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  President Trump's order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending caused widespread confusion on Tuesday.

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  The administration says it's vetting all spending and has promised to cut off money to programs, grants, loans,

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  and anything else that doesn't align with the administration's agenda, in particular, what they call woke ideology.

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  Trump's order, however, was quickly blocked by a judge, putting it on hold, at least temporarily, until February 3rd.

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  22 state attorneys general are also suing the administration over the order,

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  saying Trump can't halt approved spending without an act of Congress.

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  It wasn't immediately clear what Trump intended to happen when he ordered the freeze of federal grants and loans.

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  But within hours, thousands of government programs seemed at risk of being cut.

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  These are programs that have to do with everything from access to meals for low income families to childcare

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  and health care.

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  For hours, all 50 states said they couldn't access Medicaid's funding portal.

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  The White House later clarified many of those programs are not at risk and never should have been impacted.

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