Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to make her debut behind the podium as the White House holds its first official news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Leavitt is certain to get questions related to the White House budget office’s decision to pause all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted President Donald Trump‘s executive efforts in office and slammed former President Joe Biden’s previous administration during her first briefing Tuesday.

The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Russell Vought’s nomination as Office of Management and Budget director, despite the panel’s 10 Democrats skipping the vote in protest.

Senate Republicans advanced the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office as Democrats boycotted the meeting to protest the administration’s recent efforts to freeze

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing for Kennedy on January 29, 2025, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing for Kennedy on January 30, 2025. Kennedy went on to found the Pace University Environmental ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that the Trump administration's plans for a "funding freeze" were still active after the White House rescinded a memo implementing the policy. According to NBC News,

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a stay against a White House directive that ordered a spending freeze on federal assistance.

The sweeping halt, which encompasses a slew of longstanding government assistance disbursements including foreign aid, was set to go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m.

However, Leavitt told reporters she would "check back" on whether Medicaid would be impacted by the pause. The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo on Monday issuing a pause on all ...

Leavitt quickly made clear that the James ... federal loans and grants following a Monday memo from the Office of Management and Budget ordering federal agencies to freeze any federal assistance ...