This is Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air, and I just talked to Pamela Anderson about her big career comeback after years in the tabloids and not being taken seriously.

She's entered a new era on stage and screen.

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fresh air. Lie from NPR News in Washington. I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Trump White House is issuing a

government-wide pause on federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs,

effective in one hour.

NPR's Frank Ordonez reports federal agency states and other organizations are now scrambling to

understand what it means for them.

The temporary freeze could impact billions of dollars for research and education programs.

But the White House insists this is not a funding freeze, but more of an opportunity

to review financial assistance programs to ensure they're in line with the president's priorities.

They're focused on ending programs like diversity initiatives, certain environmental programs,

and the funding of non-government organizations that they see as a threat to national security.

The officials say, after the review, any activity that doesn't conflict with the president's priorities

will continue as before. But critics of the program say that this blatantly disobeys the laws

because these grants have already been approved by Congress.

Franco, Ordojouz, NPR News.

Attorneys general from five states are pushing back against a Trump administration's funding freeze.

In a virtually held announcement today, New York's H.E.

Lettisha James said the pause on federal funding is unconstitutional.

I am leading and joining with my colleagues, my fellow Democratic Attorney General's in suing this administration to stop this illegal freeze of essential funds for our state.

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