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The press secretary also defended Trump’s recent executive order redefining sex as strictly male or female based on birth, eliminating federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Leavitt described the policy as restoring “sanity” in the face of “wokeness.”

The grant pause is perhaps most similar to a federal government shutdown, when a congressional impasse on spending legislation delays federal payments for some state and local services.

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It is unclear whether the pause will still take effect, given the administration's apparent U-turn and the legal challenges it faces.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River and are now at the NTSB labs for evaluation.

At a news conference about the D.C. plane crash, a familiar President Donald Trump was on display. There was an immediate sense of déjà vu watching President Donald Trump approach the lectern in the White House press briefing room on Thursday, a sense that got only more acute as he began to speak.