The Trump administration announced Monday night that it would unilaterally pause trillions of dollars in federal funding as it reviews whether programs are “consistent with the President’s policies and requirements.

The Medicaid website was down, but the portal was expected to be back up shortly, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. She wrote on X that no payments had been affected and that they were still being processed and sent.

Medicaid cuts would affect around 22 million people in states that expanded the program, according to a new analysis by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). “The state-by-state breakdown

Don’t let anybody tell you this was some technical glitch,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. “They were very purposeful in trying to wreak havoc on our communities."

The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and loans.

North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass expansion with a provision to create a workforce development program for beneficiaries.

Just one day after the White House announced the federal funding freeze, the Medicaid payment portal went down, according to Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

A spokeswoman for the Trump administration said the "White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage" and was moving to get it back online.

On Capitol Hill, Trump faced bipartisan complaints as constituents and affected groups flooded lawmakers’ offices with phone calls.

Early this week when the Trump administration inflicted chaos on Nevada and the nation by announcing a sweeping freeze on federal financial assistance that even the administration couldn’t explain, several Nevada Democratic elected officials condemned Trump’s action.