The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week.

The Trump administration has rescinded a controversial memo that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, following nearly 48 hours of widespread confusion across the U.S. from kitchen tables to Capitol Hill.

The grant pause is perhaps most similar to a federal government shutdown, when a congressional impasse on spending legislation delays federal payments for some state and local services.

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, during her first press briefing, faced a barrage of questions on the administration's freeze on federal aid programs.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to social media to clarify that state Medicaid portals are still being processed despite any outages.

After the White House announced a temporary pause on certain federal funds and loan programs, the Medicaid portal shut down for users around the U.S.

Medicaid portals are reportedly down across all 50 states following President Trump's executive order freezing federal aid, causing uncertainty and concern.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the medical aid website would be back online "shortly", after a sweeping memo ordered federal agencies to freeze funding.