The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week.

The White House budget office Wednesday rescinded the federal aid freeze, according to multiple media reports citing an administration memo.

The White House on Wednesday issued a memo to federal employees scrapping its original order, according to a document viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The two-line memo sent jus

The OMB memo had directed federal agencies to pause grants and loans pending a review of compliance with the agenda of President Donald Trump.

The White House rescinded an order today that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans in an effort to purge the government of what President Trump has called a “woke” ideology. The directive had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

The freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars of federal grants had been temporarily halted by a judge on Tuesday.

The new memorandum, just two sentences long, will allow agencies to continue their normal operations after uncertainty over the impact of the initial directive caused widespread chaos across government. It followed a temporary injunction by a federal judge that prevented the original Office of Management and Budget memo from taking effect.

Trump issued federal funding freeze then rescinded it. Opposition says a freeze would risk serious damage to healthcare, education and public safety.