Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

Gov. Tina Kotek urged Oregonians to keep using services such as Medicaid and Head Start as usual, and not delay care.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and other state officials claimed on Tuesday that Medicaid portals were down in the U.S., following President Donald Trump’s new pause on federal funding. "My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze ,