The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirms that the break on federal financial aid will not include food coupons, social security or health insurance and social benefits.
A federal judge on Tuesday paused the memo of the Trump administration management and budget office, which aimed at freezing to various federal programs.
American district judge Loren Alikhan for the Columbia district, appointed by the former president Joe BidenImposed an administrative stay on Tuesday afternoon, taking a break from the action of the Trump administration.
The administrative stay takes a gel break until Monday.
During a virtual court hearing, Alikhan heard a lawyer from the Ministry of Justice and a lawyer for the complainants while the Federal Financing Deadline at 5 p.m.
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A federal judge interrupted the freezing of temporary federal financing of the Trump administration.
“I think there is the spectrum of irreparable damage,” said Alikhan.
The New York Attorney General, Letitia James, led on Tuesday a coalition of 22 other general prosecutors continuing to stop the implementation of the memo.
In a press release from the James Bureau, she said that the policy “puts an indefinite break by the majority of federal aid to the States” and “would immediately compromise state programs that provide health and duty services From critical children to families in need, to provide support for public schools, to fight crimes of hatred and violence against women, to offer help in the event of a vital disaster in states, and more. “
James and the Coalition of Prosecutors General asked for a court order to immediately stop the application of CMA policy and preserve what they claimed to be essential funding.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a press conference at the White House on January 28, 2025. The Trump administration faces a plan to suspend a wide range of payments from federal subsidies, loans and assistance. (Samuel Corum / Politico / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“The immediately blocking of the majority of federal funds to the states is unconstitutional and dangerous,” James wrote in the press release. “Millions of Americans count on programs funded by the federal government every day to obtain the health care they need, support their families and stay safe in their communities. Already, this policy has triggered chaos and uncertainty, the police interrupting the efforts to apply medication, the Medicaid closing portals and other critical services thrown in disarray … “
James and the Coalition said that CMOB policy “caused immediate chaos and uncertainty for millions of Americans” that rely on state programs that receive federal funds.
They allege essential community health centers, drug addiction programs and mental health treatment, services for disabled and other critical health services are “compromised” by the break.
In addition, they argued that policy would deprive the application of the law of essential resources and interrupted essential rescue funds in the event of a disaster in places such as California and North Carolina.
President Donald Trump welcomes California Governor Gavin Newsom when he arrives in the touched or destroyed tour areas by Southern California Forest Fire at Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025. (Reuters / Leah Millis)
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“Although the administration has attempted to clarify the scope and the meaning of OMB policy, the states have already reported that funds had been frozen, endangering services like Medicaid across the country,” according to the press release.
At least 20 states were reportedly excluded from their Medicaid reimbursement systems on Tuesday after the announcement of the federal funding freezing.
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, posted on X just before 3 p.m. Tuesday recognizing the Medicaid website Portal experienced a breakdown and said it would be restored.
“The White House is aware of the Portal of the Medicaid website portal,” wrote Leavitt. “We have confirmed that no payment had been assigned – they are always treated and sent. We expect the portal to be back online shortly.”
Karoline Leavitt held her first press conference as a press secretary of the White House on January 28, 2025. (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)
Leavitt also specified that the problem of the Medicaid website was not linked to the federal financing frost.
During his first press point, Leavitt said that the programs that directly affect individual Americans – giving the examples of Social security The benefits, health insurance, food coupons, social benefits – will remain in force.
An additional memo of the OMB was also sent Tuesday to try to clarify the confusion.
“A break could be as short as a day. In fact, the OMB has worked with agencies and has already approved many programs to continue even before the break has entered into force,” said the note.
The Ministry of Defense published a declaration of defense contracts on Tuesday.
The scope of the OMB note on financial aid does not include contracts, and the ministry does not turn the contract awards, according to the press release.
Defense officials said they would continue to grant new contracts to meet the validated mission needs.
As the ministry examines the memo, he “quickly analyzes his financial assistance programs to identify the programs, projects and activities that could be involved” by one of Trump’s decrees.
“As indicated by the OMB, the ministry temporarily suspected activities related to the obligation or disbursement of financial aid, to the extent allowed under the applicable law,” according to the press release.
Although officials have declared that they do not know any specific contracts or other affected activities, it is possible that the activities are interrupted if they are determined to fall within the limits of the directives.
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Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of the White House for the Security Advisor to Policy and Internal Security, described the situation as a freezing freezing “stupid media” in an article on X Tuesday after- noon.
“The OMB has ordered an examination of the financing of NGOs, foreign governments and important discretionary contracts,” wrote Miller. “He explicitly excluded all assistance and profit programs. Leftwing Media has pure and simple lies and some people fell into the hoax.”
