Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, called the alleged aid “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.”

Karoline Leavitt’s debut White House press briefing comments about condoms and the truth also drew intense scrutiny.

The new memorandum, just two sentences long, will allow agencies to continue their normal operations after uncertainty over the impact of the initial directive caused widespread chaos across government. It followed a temporary injunction by a federal judge that prevented the original Office of Management and Budget memo from taking effect.

Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich reports on President Donald Trump signing the Laken Riley Act into law and the White House rescinding a memo freezing federal funds on 'Special Report.

The White House rescinded an order today that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans in an effort to purge the government of what President Trump has called a “woke” ideology. The directive had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is on hold for now, on the order of a federal judge.

President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt launched a false claim about shipping $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza.

Trump said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

The Laken Riley Act is now law and it will require law enforcement to detain and potentially deport undocumented immigrants who are accused of theft-related crimes. President Donald Trump held a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House.