Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Omna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces tough questions over vaccine skepticism and Medicaid reform at his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

President Trump signs the first bill of his second term into law, cracking down on undocumented

immigrants.

We check in on the nation's rapidly changing policies and what options remain for immigrants

seeking entry into the U.S.

There is no pathway to asylum at a port of entry or in any other manner in the United States.

And the Pentagon revokes the security detail for General Mark Millie,

the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who served under and has been critical of President Trump. Welcome to the news hour. After widespread confusion, the Trump administration today walked back some of its message about a funding freeze on trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans.

This afternoon, the White House set a memo from the Office of Management and Budget that outlined a temporary pause on many government-funded programs was rescinded.

But White House press secretary Caroline Levitt later said that would not stop the federal funding freeze tied to President Trump's executive orders.

Laura Barone Lopez has been following this back and forth, and Laura, our viewers could be forgiven if they're confused by all of this.

Clear up what you can for us.

So that funding freeze that was revealed by the OMB memo sent nonprofits agencies,

state officials across the country into uncertainty and confusion,

because the White House initially had only specified that Medicare and Social Security would not be touched,

then later clarified no programs like Medicaid and SNAP won't be touched as well.

And then today, after 24 hours of chaos and facing two lawsuits, OMB said that they were rescinding

that memo, and White House Press Secretary said that this should effectively end the court case.

Other White House officials told us that this was a move essentially to get around the

lawsuits, but they said over and over again today that this does not halt that federal spending

freeze. And White House officials also said that the memo ultimately served its purpose. So they're

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