The federal funding memo's reversal comes after the original move caused chaos and confusion across the country, including in Michigan.

Michigan officials were scrambling to assess the potential impact of the federal grant freeze, which the White House is defending as an effort to be ‘good stewards of taxpayer dollars.'

The White House confirmed that OMB pulled the memo Wednesday in a two sentence notice to agencies and departments, but said that Trump’s underlying executive orders targeting federal spending in areas like diversity,