Everyone wanted to know the same thing — had the Trump administration actually frozen federal funds and would they be able to keep functioning? On Tuesday morning, the answer from Washington was, we’re trying to figure that out.

Presidents from both parties, including Trump, have let the budget grow and grow. The White House is trying to make changes on its own.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

As director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought plans to implement the most critical parts of the new Trump agenda.

A new letter from Rhode Island's congressional delegates to the federal Office of Management and Budget asks the office to confirm that all previously approved funding for local projects will be released to the state.

The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

President Donald Trump's order to pause all federal grants and loans sowed widespread confusion on Tuesday over its impact on far-reaching programs such as Medicaid, sending nonprofits and government agencies scrambling to understand its scope and prompting immediate legal challenges.

The United States has the smallest defense budget in nearly 100 years. If the U.S. is in a cold war, it seems to be cheaper and less urgent than the last.

The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.

The Wilbur Wright Federal Building, 600 Independence Ave. SW, and Orville Wright Federal Building, 800 Independence Ave. SW, home to the Federal Aviation Administration. Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, 451 Seventh St. SW, home to the Department of Health and Human Services.

This is what “unsustainable” fiscal policy looks like. Lawmakers haven’t even started talking about this problem, much less grappling with it realistically. The Congressional Budget Office has just updated its periodic assessment of “Options for Reducing the Deficit.