US Freezes Foreign Aid Funding

Funding for AIDS relief program to stop in coming days after foreign aid pause
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
State Department Freezes New Funding for Nearly All U.S. Aid Programs Worldwide
WASHINGTON — The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt.
US freezes almost all foreign aid
The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days.
Trump's foreign aid freeze halts funding for digital diplomacy bureau
The State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy has been affected by Trump's decision. Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively put a freeze on most foreign aid.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio orders halt to almost all U.S. foreign aid
The directive follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday pausing new obligations and disbursements of foreign aid pending review.
Marco Rubio demands immediate halt to virtually all US foreign aid
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes pending a review into whether they are consistent with President Donald Trump’s policies, according to an internal cable seen by the Financial Times.
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sent an order to all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts instructing a pause on "all new obligations of funding, pending a review, for foreign assistance programs funded by or through the Department and USAID.
Secretary of State Rubio orders U.S. to immediately stop almost all foreign aid
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered an immediate stop to the flow of almost all U.S. foreign assistance, pending a review, according to an internal State Department cable obtained by NBC News. A waiver was issued for foreign military financing for both Israel and Egypt,
Sweeping Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms for Israel and Egypt
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s orders could force many groups working on global aid to stop their programs. And the White ...
Exclusive-Trump administration memo tells USAID to put "America First" in reviewing foreign aid
The Trump administration urged U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers to join the effort to transform how ...
Rain in Southern California will aid firefighters but create a risk of toxic ash runoff
Rain on the way to parched Southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires.
Trump tours LA wildfires after threats to withhold aid over water policy, voter ID
President Donald Trump arrived in California to tour the LA wildfire damage as he threatens to withhold funding over his feud ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Does Victory Lap as Ukraine Aid Frozen
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, voiced her support on Friday for the recent halt in foreign aid ...
She oversaw D.C. poverty aid for a decade. Here’s what she learned.
Outgoing Department of Human Services head Laura Zeilinger reflected on her decade-long tenure at the agency responsible for ...
Gaza at Last Welcomes More Aid. It Needs a Deluge.
Hundreds of truckloads of food, fuel and other supplies have arrived in Gaza each day since the cease-fire took effect. But ...
Trump aid freeze strands Afghan visa holders in Albania
Ali Amini was just days from starting a new life in the United States when President Donald Trump halted aid for resettling ...