A judge temporarily blocked implementation of a sweeping White House effort to pause potentially trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans and other financial-assistance programs, a directive that created chaos as states struggled to access funding portals dealing with Medicaid,

Federal health researchers, nonprofits and programs for early childhood education reported that their access to federal funds had gone down, raising alarms about access to jobs, health care services,

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

Donald Trump is in his first week back in the Oval Office and he has wasted no time putting his policies in place via executive orders. One order in particular affected thousands of athletes across the country.

The Trump administration's freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.Although the White House insisted that Medicaid, which provides health insurance to more than 72 million low-income Americans,