Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Wednesday morning to respond to the Trump administration’s federal grant freeze. The White House directed federal agencies on Monday evening to pause the disbursement of loans and grants while the government conducts a review to ensure spending aligns with President Trump’s agenda.

This is all awful. How is freezing all these funds going to help families pay for groceries? How is it going to make neighborhoods safer? How is it going to create new jobs? Of course, it won’t,” said New York Senator Chuck Schumer.

The question was when, not whether, Trump’s funding freeze would face a legal challenge. A group of Democratic state attorneys general answered soon after.

The White House press secretary said that the reversal was issued in response to a court injunction and that the underlying order still stands.

The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over a crucial financial lifeline for states, schools and organizations that rely on trillions of dollars from Washington and left the White House scrambling to explain what would and wouldn’t

CBS News New York's Jessica Moore spoke with Sen. Chuck Schumer on Tuesday to get his take on President Donald Trump's attempt to freeze federal funding.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued Wednesday that President Trump’s federal grant freeze really got a rise out of Americans, claiming that he hasn’t seen “people so aroused in a very,

Schumer Sends Warning About Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze: ‘Families Are On The Chopping Block’ During Wednesday's Senate Democrats' press briefing, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) discussed the consequences of President Donald Trump's federal assistance funding freeze.