A first-term House Democrat is attacking White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X after she sought to clarify a White House memo rescinding an earlier policy statement on President Donald Trump's federal funding order.

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Democrats are crying foul as the White House budget office pauses 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 made her briefing debut on Tuesday, where she sparred with reporters over a federal freeze on grants and made clear that President Donald Trump himself will be the administration's main messenger.

The order sparked quick pushback from Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who said Trump was trampling on the power of the purse given to Congress.

The Israeli prime minister's visit will be the first by a foreign leader during President Donald Trump’s second term.

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.

During a White House briefing, President Trump held a moment of silence for victims of a helicopter-passenger plane collision, confirming no survivors.

President Donald Trump called the crash a "tragedy of terrible proportions." "Our hearts are shattered," Trump said in a press briefing at the White House, after holding a moment of silence. "Our prayers are with you now and in the days to come.

Officials say there are no survivors after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a helicopter above Washington DC and plunged into the Potomac River. Donald Trump is giving an update from the White House - watch live below.