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.

The White House reassured people receiving financial aid their benefits will continue during the administration’s freeze on grants and loans.

The White House has rescinded the memo that put a freeze on federal aid. In a tweet from Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, she said this is "not a rescission of the federal funding freeze, rather a rescission of the memo.