Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media influencers.

Medicaid recipients on Tuesday reported an outage that has them worried about their health insurance coverage.

Karoline Leavitt used her first briefing in the role to warn veteran reporters that they were increasingly irrelevant.

The grant pause is perhaps most similar to a federal government shutdown, when a congressional impasse on spending legislation delays federal payments for some state and local services.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Social Security, Medicare and food stamps would not be affected by the decision to freeze federal aid. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports on the Trump administration’s first White House press briefing and whether Medicaid could be among the programs affected.

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, made her debut in the briefing room Tuesday, saying that podcasters and social media influencers could apply to participate in future briefings.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing, faced a barrage of questions on the administration's freeze on federal aid programs.

Good ol’ Dave was a high school buddy and not a very good poker player. After losing hand after hand, one of us would suggest he bluff every now and then.

Reacting to reports that President Trump rescinded his federal funds freeze order, Congresswoman Lori Trahan warned "the fight is far from over."

Federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to freeze funding for Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, and other vital programs. • The Trump administration issued an OMB memo freezing federal grants and funding, targeting programs related to healthcare, education, housing assistance, and environmental initiatives.

The back-and-forth over the freeze order has many LI nonprofits bewildered over whether their federal funds will be cut.