Trump 2nd term updates: Trump excludes low-value shipments from looming tariffs

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt continued to claim President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and agency heads are acting as one as confusion mounts over competing guidance to federal workers.

"The president defers to his Cabinet secretaries, who he's obviously entrusted, to pursue the guidance relative to their specific workforce," Leavitt said. "And for some of the agencies that you've seen who have said, please don't send these emails, it's in their best interest for that specific agency and the president supports that."

"And let me be very clear, the president and Elon and his entire Cabinet are working as one unified team, and they are implementing these very common sense solutions," she said.

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to dole out millions of dollars to multiple nonprofit groups after the president signed an executive order freezing foreign aid on his first day in office, determining the Trump administration violated the terms of a temporary restraining order issued two weeks ago.

Judge Amir Ali, a Biden-era appointee, also signed an order to enforce a temporary restraining order he signed two weeks ago, ordering the groups be paid by midnight Wednesday.

Ali excoriated Trump administration attorneys during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday over its failure to pay the groups for work they conducted prior to President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing all foreign aid for 90 days.

-ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Peter Charalambous

Twenty-one federal employees who previously worked for the United States Digital Service, which President Donald Trump renamed via executive order to the United States DOGE Service, released a letter on Tuesday resigning in protest, claiming they would not use their technical skills to "dismantle critical public services."

"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services. We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions," the letter reads.

Over 20 employees, who were part of USDS prior to the name change and not hired by Musk, resigned including the head of IT, multiple engineers and product managers, according to the letter, which lists them anonymously.

-ABC News' Will Steakin

House Republicans remain divided over the budget blueprint to jumpstart the process to advance Trump's agenda, putting a vote planned this evening in jeopardy as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to rally his rank and file.

Following a closed-door conference meeting, GOP leaders say that while the hope is still to move forward tonight with a floor vote, it could slip further into the week. There are several lawmakers who have splintered off to publicly oppose the measure, while even more hold back their support with the hope of extracting changes.

"​​We're planning to take up our budget resolution as early as today," Johnson, R-La., told reporters, suggesting the vote may get pushed. "There may be a vote tonight. There may not be. Stay tuned. That's why you get paid. Hang around here."

Johnson and his leadership team have worked for weeks to mollify concerns – an effort the speaker says will continue with holdouts Tuesday afternoon.

Currently, there are four public no votes, including Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson and Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz. The speaker can only afford to lose one defection before a second betrayal kills the effort.

--ABC News' Lauren Peller