White House orders freeze on ‘financial assistance,’ unleashing anger, confusion, lawsuit
California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."
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White House ‘aware’ of Medicaid portal outage as funding freeze sparks confusion
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the medical aid website would be back online "shortly", after a sweeping memo ordered federal agencies to freeze funding.
Trump’s Funding Pause Is Not “Across-the-Board” Freeze, White House Says
President Donald Trump’s administration rushed to clarify a memo pausing federal grants, loans, and financial assistance, saying that the instructions from the White House budget office were not intended as an “across-the-board” freeze.
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Live updates: White House press briefing tries to add clarity to funding freeze
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded a host of questions from the press corps from the briefing room for the first time on Tuesday. She announced at the top that the Trump administration plans to shake up the Brady briefing room and allow a plethora of “new media” to have access to the
White House defends freezing funds as 'reasonable' while Democrats express 'extreme alarm'
The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.
White House tells federal agencies to freeze grants and loans in latest axe to spending
US federal agencies are set to freeze the payment of hundreds of billions of dollars of domestic federal grants and loans on Tuesday in President Donald Trump’s latest aggressive move to slash and overhaul government spending.
White House press secretary says all illegal immigrants arrested are criminals: 'That's exactly what they are'
All illegal immigrants that have been arrested by immigration authorities in recent days are criminal, White House press ...
Drones, Influencers and Medicaid: What to Know About the First White House Briefing of Trump’s Second Term
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: White House confirms outage of Medicaid portal
"The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X ...
White House press secretary defends Trump's firing of inspectors general
Trump's firings of the Senate-confirmed inspectors general included officials at Defense, State, Transportation, Labor, ...
States say Medicaid access cut, White House says no payments disrupted
At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the ...
White House says New Jersey drones that caused hysteria were ‘not the enemy’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said reported drone sightings that sparked panic in New Jersey last month were ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses US egg shortage and pricing
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the high prices of eggs is directly related to a ...
White House Reacts to Rising Egg Prices and Shortages
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shifted the blame of inflation on goods to former President Biden's ...
Karoline Leavitt, youngest White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room
WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the ...
China is 'hot on our heels' in AI race, White House AI and crypto 'czar' says
Tech titan David Sacks reveals the status of the country's tech race with China and why U.S. data centers are important on ...