White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Social Security, Medicare and food stamps would not be affected by the decision to freeze federal aid. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports on the Trump administration’s first White House press briefing and whether Medicaid could be among the programs affected.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the pause on federal financial assistance will not include food stamps, Social Security, or Medicare and welfare benefits.

President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding. Will Medicare and Social Security or Medicaid be affected? Here's what to know.

Karoline Leavitt said the federal loan and grant pause won’t affect Medicare, Social Security at press briefing Tuesday.

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

A federal judge put a temporary hold on the White House directive as Washington and 21 other states filed a lawsuit.

A White House directive to pause federal grants and loans has raised uncertainty for many universities, states and nonprofit organizations

The Washington Post's Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by White House reporter Cat Zakrzewski to discuss President Trump's first week back in office – and what happened the night he decided to fire more than a dozen government inspectors general.