"The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X post. "We have confirmed no payments have been affected -- they are still being processed and sent. We expect the portal will be back online shortly," she added.
The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.
A funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration has sparked widespread confusion about its effects on government programs like Medicaid.
Melania Trump became the First Lady of the United States for the second time on Monday, January 20, and just like her first time, she got an official portrait made.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House next week, the Israeli prime minister's office has said. The visit, yet to be confirmed by the Trump administration, is set to take place on 4 February.
A sweeping White House order to freeze federal grants and allocations reflects a theory of presidential power that Donald Trump clearly endorsed during his 2024 campaign.
The Rasmussen Reports presidential tracking poll shows that Trump's total approval fell from 56 percent on January 23 to 52 percent on January 28, while his total disapproval rose from 40 percent to 44 percent over the same period.
After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, but said payments would not be impacted.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold the first press conference of President Donald Trump's new administration on Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST, according to the White House schedule sent to Newsweek.
Nutrition programs that deliver food assistance to millions of U.S. families will not be affected by a White House pause on federal grants and loans, a senior official said on Tuesday.