UPDATE: As of 5 p.m. on Jan. 28, a federal judge has paused President Trump's federal funding freeze until Feb. 3.  This will provide more time for the freeze to be examined for constitutionality, among other things.

ORIGINAL: BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- The Michigan Attorney General put out a statement in response to concerns Michigan families have expressed since President Donald Trump paused all federal grant and loan funds beginning Tuesday morning.

A White House memo freezing federal funds to critical programs was sent out across the country with reports of immediate impacts within the State of Michigan.

“I am aware of the Office of Management and Budget memo issued last night by the White House, and my department is learning already of services impacted throughout the state, including Medicaid and Head Start. We are receiving reports of critical impacts to significant programs many millions of Michiganders rely upon daily for vital services," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.

“We hear and share your direct and dire concerns. My team is working at full speed today to discern what these orders mean and the extent of their immediate impacts, and request an immediate legal remedy to restore funding provided by Congress, require this administration to comply with the law, and to stop this absurd and unprecedented attack on these programs. I intend to file litigation today to protect these programs and restore these vital services.”

The United States Office of Management and Budget said the freeze will not pause benefits for SNAP, student loans, Medicaid, funds for small businesses, Pell grants and rental assistance.

The White House is now confirming the Medicaid web portal is experiencing outages, as states reported issues accessing the site in the wake of the federal government's abrupt freeze.

"The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X (Twitter) post. "We have confirmed no payments have been affected -- they are still being processed and sent. We expect the portal will be back online shortly."

Leavitt defended the freeze during her first press briefing earlier Tuesday, saying it was a temporary pause and would not impact direct individual assistance Americans rely on.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun was in support of President Trump's funding freeze. 

“I applaud President Trump’s direction to pause government spending, fulfilling his campaign promise to rein in out of control government. This level of fiscal discipline is exactly the kind of leadership we need in Washington, D.C. and is in line with the values of Hoosiers and the American people who elected him," Braun said.

"We are releasing guidance to Indiana’s government agencies for compliance and next steps. I am confident we will continue to deliver needed services to Hoosiers with efficiency, doing more with less."