4 days ago · Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden posted on social media about reports about Medicaid portals being down in states as he criticized the freeze. Leavitt, after the briefing, wrote on X: …

Hours before the White House rescinded the freeze, Rep. Tom Emmer (Minnesota), the No. 3 Republican in the House, called coverage of the OMB’s order “the first ridiculous media hoax …

3 days ago · The White House had said that the funding freeze wouldn’t affect programs that send money to individual people, including Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, student loans …

3 days ago · The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo issued late Monday that froze a wide …

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded a memo Wednesday that had ordered a "temporary pause" on federal funding and unleashed major confusion across …

White House aides fervently defended the funding freeze Tuesday, with Leavitt saying that enacting the order to analyze federal spending was “exactly what the American people elected …

3 days ago · The new directive follows a tumultuous 48 hours for the White House, as states and local governments raised concerns that funding for health care, law enforcement, disaster aid …

5 days ago · A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry …

4 days ago · In seeking to institute a freeze, the White House illustrated in the starkest terms to date that Trump would be willing to push the limits of the president’s purview over the budget.

4 days ago · Leavitt says a White House freeze on federal aid wouldn’t affect people directly receiving aid. ... his company and top executives last year that has soared to more than $500 …