Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.

The White House announced its pausing of federal grants and loans starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday as Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.

Nessel, a Democrat and Michigan's top law enforcement official, said her department was already learning of "services impacted throughout the state."

Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters' retirement announcement on Tuesday generated speculation about which Democrats could run to replace him in next year's Senate race.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a multi-state coalition of attorneys general suing to stop the pause on trillions of dollars in federal funding as ordered by the President’s Office of Management and Budget.

LANSING — Michigan's attorney general planned to sue Tuesday to stop a White House freeze on federal grants and loans, calling it an "absurd and unprecedented attack" on Medicaid, Head Start and other programs.

The new policy, issued by the President’s Office of Management and Budget, puts an indefinite pause on the majority of federal assistance to states.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday that she planned to take legal action in response to President Donald Trump’s administration instituting a freeze on federal grants that

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general suing to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that appeared to order the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding that every state in the country relies on to provide essential services to millions of Americans.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will be filing litigation in the wake of a freeze on federal funds to programs active in Michigan.

Michigan has long been one of just two states nationally Freedom of Information Act exemptions for the Legislature and governor's office.

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