California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."

Some Bay Area Republicans gathered Monday morning at a watch party in San Francisco to celebrate Trump's inauguration as he made his return to office.

President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding. Will Medicare and Social Security or Medicaid be affected? Here's what to know.

WASHINGTON - The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a Trump administration directive pausing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House official said on Wednesday.

The White House is about to get a new set of residents in the form of President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania —but as it happens, so is its West Coast–based lookalike, which was recently sold for the staggering price of $23 million.

The order sparked quick pushback from Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who said Trump was trampling on the power of the purse given to Congress.

With thousands of migrants having been deported and a freeze on federal grant funding recently announced, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded dozens of questions

Trump is pausing federal loans and grants as his administration reviews spending, plus other latest details from the administration on Tuesday.

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of U.S. rivals called "distillation."

THE BUZZ: TO THE TRENCHES — As President Donald Trump and Republicans lead a multi-front assault on sanctuary-city laws, local officials in San Francisco are digging in for battle.

U.S. President Donald Trump walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House returning from California after viewing damage from that state's wildfires on November 18, 2018 in Washington, D.C. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.