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Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unloaded on President Donald Trump in an escalation of the brewing Democratic opposition to the new administration as it unleashes a barrage of new executive orders.

“Trump is holding all the nation’s hospitals and vital services hostage to seize power from Congress and hand it over to billionaires,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a social media post Tuesday when it became clear that Medicaid portals had shut down throughout the United States.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped on a legal landmine during her first White House press briefing Tuesday when she declared the administration doesn't believe in the constitutionality of birthright citizenship.

Birthright citizenship is outlined in the 14th Amendment and guarantees, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

President Donald Trump is making his most aggressive move yet to try to bring the gears of the federal government — and powers delegated to Congress — under his direct control, former Bill Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich warned in a lengthy post to Facebook on Tuesday.

Trump's order, which was given by the Office of Management and Budget last night, freezes federal spending for hundreds of programs, ranging from nutritional assistance to veteran suicide hotlines. It stands in direct defiance of the Impoundment Control Act, a measure passed by Congress in the 1970s to reform Nixon-era abuses of executive power — and is a key plank of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 agenda, which Trump previously denied having any association with.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) views his role as a "junior partner" to President Donald Trump — and in so doing, he is undermining the power of Congress as a co-equal branch of government, The New York Times reported.

"In the past couple of weeks, Mr. Johnson removed the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Michael R. Turner of Ohio, acting upon a request from Mar-a-Lago," noted Annie Karni. Furthermore, after Trump was sworn in, Johnson "trailed behind" Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, "breathlessly chronicling Mr. Vance’s first moment setting foot in the Oval Office as if he were a White House staff member," captioning his footage, “I told him and President Trump that I HAD to capture the moment on video.”

Kristi Noem began her first official news conference as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security with the national anthem, a prayer, and Trace Adkins' country song "Hot Mama."

After participating in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids earlier in the day on Tuesday, Noem made remarks to DHS employees later in the afternoon.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised major changes are coming soon to the way the school system in America operates.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said states should control their own education matters, which he said will happen “very soon.” The comments came after he praised Tennessee lawmakers who are debating a state education bill.

White House adviser Alina Habba lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he blasted President Donald Trump's freeze on federal grant programs.

"This decision is lawless, dangerous, destructive, cruel," Schumer said during a Tuesday press conference. "It's illegal. It's unconstitutional. I spoke to my [New York] attorney general this morning... They're going to court right away."

A study released in the final days of Joe Biden's presidency could complicate Donald Trump's promise to "drill, baby, drill."

The Department of Energy study was issued in December as the planned end point to the Biden administration's pause on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports until their climate and economic impact was more clear, and the researchers found that additional LNG export terminals were not needed to to meet global demand and would actually raise energy prices, reported Rolling Stone.

President Donald Trump's freeze on federal loans and grants has caused chaos across the United States and one group that ensures American seniors have food to eat is warning that it's already impacting their ability to fulfill their mission.

Via Huffington Post reporter Arthur Delaney, Meals on Wheels issued a statement on Tuesday that painted a dire picture of the consequences of Trump's federal freeze.