The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week.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’s Office of Management and Budget sent this document to government agencies listing about 2,600 programs that were under review.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

The Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause any financial aid programs that might conflict with President Donald Trump's executive orders.

The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, according to a memo.

The White House claiming the Wednesday move by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance is not actually an end to curbing government spending.

The White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans after Republican senators “hit the ceiling” over the order, which caught them completely by

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.

From the funding freeze to the federal-employee buyout, the White House doesn’t seem to know what its own teams are doing.

The White House confirmed the Office of Management and Budget pulled the memo Wednesday in a two sentence notice to agencies and departments.