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The UN groups fear the move by the OMB is a sign the US is planning to abandon humanitarian work - or even the UN itself - altogether.

And in response to the states’ lawsuit, the Trump administration argued that Trump and OMB “plainly have authority to direct agencies to fully implement the President’s agenda.”

That was what Trump had done with his executive orders, and what OMB did with its since-withdrawn memo, the administration argued.

The White House later clarified that Head Start would not be affected by the freeze, and OMB rescinded the memo after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

The OMB order was blocked by a federal judge and the memo withdrawn.