A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds …
2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt.. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who initially exempted only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt from the aid pause ...
Implementing the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and ...
4 days ago · Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary Rubio has paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for review. He is initiating a review of all foreign assistance programs to ensure they are …
Rubio foreign aid freeze leads to USAID staff suspensions and ...
2 days ago · Dozens of senior staff inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, have been placed on administrative leave until further notice, and hundreds of contractors have had their ...
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide
2 days ago · The crisis had deepened on Monday evening, when Jason Gray, the acting head of the United States Agency for International Development, put about 60 top officials on paid leave.He wrote in an email ...
State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid …
6 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order, delivered in a cable sent to U.S. embassies worldwide, specifically exempted emergency food programs, such as those helping to feed millions in a widening famine in warring Sudan. ... a former senior U.S. Agency for International Development official said. Many would likely cease operations immediately ...
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds …
2 days ago · FILE – Solar panels system funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are seen in the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Majdal Anjar, eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Nov. 9 ...
REEVALUATInG AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
Jan 21, 2025 · All department and agency heads with responsibility for United States foreign development assistance programs shall immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance ...
Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid …
3 days ago · The agency’s supporters say that its efforts earn the United States enormous good will internationally and also promote political stability that serves the country’s security interests — all ...
Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian …
Jan 21, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a...
US issues broad freeze on foreign aid after Trump orders review
6 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio will assess the US' foreign development assistance programme. ... The United States is the largest single donor of aid globally - in fiscal year 2023, it disbursed ...