"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.

WASHINGTON— Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made her debut in the White House briefing room where she defended President Donald Trump's plans to slash federal spending and its mass deportation efforts.

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.

ANALYSIS: The first Gen Z press secretary was eager to prove that she’s not going to be afraid of taking potshots at former President Joe Biden, Gustaf Kilander writes

When Leavitt, 27, walks out into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Tuesday, she'll be the youngest press secretary to do so, since Ronald Ziegler, who held the title in former President Ronald Reagan's White House at age 29.

Karoline Leavitt is the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary and was Trump’s national press secretary during much of the 2024 presidential race.

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 top federal prosecutor for Washington is a conservative activist who promoted Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories

President Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders during his first week back at the White House.