The spending freeze was ordered in a memo from Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the OMB. It tells federal agencies to ...

President Donald Trump‘s administration sought to tamp down confusion over Medicaid funding in the wake of Office of ...

The HHS Secretary nominee confused Medicare and Medicaid programs, though he would be responsible for them if confirmed. We ...

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Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening ...

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (Jan. 28) pitched the new Trump administration for a waiver to Arkansas’ Medicaid insurance program that will add a work requirement for able-bodied individuals.

State Medicaid programs across the country are reporting they’ve lost access to federal payment portals one day after ...

"If, as legislators, we choose to bury our heads in the sand … we will pay a heck of a lot more than we’re paying now with ...

A directive by President Donald Trump to freeze federal grants and loans raised uncertainty and fears among many who depend ...

Many are unclear on how sweeping the federal funding freeze is intended to be. Here are programs it could affect.

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, made her debut in the briefing room Tuesday, ...