First lady Melania Trump’s office has released her official White House portrait, a black-and-white photo that appears geared toward setting the tone for her return to Washington.

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

At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal funding pause, even as the White House said the program was exempted.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed for answers about Team Trump's idea for a spending freeze. It didn't go especially well.

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.

WASHINGTON — The White House stenographers have a problem. Donald Trump is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the words.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River and are now at the NTSB labs for evaluation.

The Constitution does not set a limit on how many times a president can be impeached. Although Trump was impeached twice during his first term, there is no reason that he can't be impeached again if there are new allegations that prompt the House to file articles of impeachment.

Trump fired some top officials and ended DEI programs, but experts say it’s unlikely those actions affected the operations of the aircraft