Gov. JB Pritzker says the Medicaid system was down on Tuesday in Illinois and other states across the country.

In its quest to get a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, Illinois was counting on $148 million in federal funding to help build a statewide network of public EV chargers. Now that funding has been frozen — and targeted for possible reduction or elimination — under a wide-ranging executive order that President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office.

Donald Trump’s administration is lying to you,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a press briefing. “The White House’s attempt to walk back what they did today does not match what we saw on the ground.

Illinois and other states were shut out of the Medicaid system Tuesday. The White House confirmed the portal “outage,” but insisted payments would be unaffected.

Local leaders have positioned the state as a safe haven for abortion, which may draw more scrutiny under the new administration.

Illinois was one of 22 Democratic-led states that filed suit Tuesday asking a federal court to block the sudden pause on funding, which was announced Monday evening. The freeze threatened to hold up trillions of dollars in funding for basic government functions like health care,

Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.

President Donald Trump has appealed his hush money conviction, seeking to erase the verdict that made him the first person with a criminal record to win the office.

"Let's be clear, January 20th was an inauguration, not a coronation. Congress is given the power to appropriate the funding. The executive branch cannot unilaterally disregard those appropriations," Raoul said.

Trump's order allocating funding for expanding school choice would diverting crucial funding away from already underfunded public schools.

Some providers say an order freezing federal financial help could mean cuts in services within days or months. A judge temporarily blocked the order.