Trump admin live updates: Trump says Musk will 'pay the consequences' if he funds Democrats

At least a half dozen arrests were made outside Republican Sens. Ron Johnson, Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy's offices on Tuesday after several people in makeshift body bags opposing the GOP's megabill to fund President Donald Trump's agenda resisted Capitol Police officers.

"People who rely on Medicaid and Medicare will die," the demonstrators chanted.

The "body bags" illustrated how the legislation would mean "countless" people would lose their lives and livelihoods, according to a release by the group, Sunrise Movement. Dozens of officers assisted on the scene as the protest turned rowdy outside Tillis' office.

"Which side are you on now, which side are you on?" demonstrators sang before being detained.

One demonstrator wearing a shirt that read, "You're literally killing people" was detained by Capitol Police outside Cassidy's office while holding a makeshift tombstone that said: "Cause of Death Medicaid Cuts." The person held the sign over a second demonstrator covered in a white sheet and flowers.

-ABC News' Arthur Jones II

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt continued to rail against former President Joe Biden's use of the autopen -- mechanical devices used by several presidents to automatically add a signature to a document -- during her briefing on Tuesday.

In her remarks, she said it is "something that I believe the Department of Justice is looking into" and that the "American people deserve answers."

Reuters reported on Monday that Ed Martin, the DOJ's pardon attorney, wrote in an email to staff that he's been directed to investigate the final pardons issued by Biden and whether Biden "was competent and whether others were taking advantage of him through use of AutoPen or other means."

ABC News previously reported that Martin said he would review the Biden pardons. Martin, at the time, said that he doesn't think Biden's use of the autopen is necessarily a problem, even though Trump suggested that's what he believes makes them invalid.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed a report from Reuters on a letter from the Trump administration to nations pressing them to provide what Reuters described as their "best offer" on trade matters by Wednesday.

"I can confirm the merits and the content of the letter. USTR sent this letter to all of our trading partners, just to give them a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up. And they are in talks -- Ambassador [Jamieson] Greer, Secretary [Scott] Bessent, Secretary [Howard] Lutnick are in talks with many of our key trading partners around the globe," Leavitt said.

"This letter was simply to remind these countries that the deadline is approaching, and the president expects good deals," Leavitt added.

Elon Musk took to X on Tuesday to express his opposition to President Donald Trump's spending bill, claiming, "I just can't stand it anymore."

"This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," he wrote. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."

When asked about the post, Leavitt reiterated that the president supports the bill.

"This is the president's bill and he's sticking with it," she said.