America’s foreign aid pause puts lives at risk
Americans would be in danger, too. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US army veteran, rammed his Ford pickup into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 14. He was killed by police. In his vehicle they found IS ’s black flag. ■
Trump foreign aid pause not contingent on domestic hurricane, fire recovery | Fact check
Trump signed an executive order to pause foreign development aid. The order doesn't mention Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee or California.
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Rubio's order, sent to U.S. diplomatic and consular posts and obtained Friday by CBS News, stated that across the U.S. government, "it is currently impossible to access sufficient information in one place to determine whether the foreign assistance policies and interests supported by appropriations are not duplicated,
Chaos and uncertainty swirl around Trump’s foreign aid freeze
President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all foreign assistance is fueling chaos and uncertainty in Washington and
How nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
President Donald Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid on Jan. 20, 2025, the day he took office for the second time. The next day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stop-work order that for 90 days halted foreign aid funding disbursements by agencies like USAID.
Freeze on foreign aid could leave climate programs in the cold
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put the pause in place to determine whether the programs align with President Donald Trump's America First agenda.
Trump foreign aid cuts leave Ukrainians in limbo and asking why
A U.S.-funded organization to help war veterans is one of many organizations that have abruptly lost funding and can no longer carry out their work.
Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze sparks global funding crisis
The 90-day suspension of US aid and “stop-work” requirement following the president’s executive order last week has exposed with lightning-like intensity the global reach of US assistance, whose diverse projects worldwide have been an essential part of American soft power.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
How Trump’s foreign aid shutdown affects the world, in three graphs
President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on nearly all U.S. foreign aid froze a globe-spanning apparatus that provides assistance ranging from weapons of war to lifesaving medicines. Under an executive order signed during his first week in office,
Trump Administration Scales Back Order To Stop Foreign Assistance
A new directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio says medical and humanitarian operations can continue, though the precise meaning of what's allowed remains unclear.
Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling
Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from ...
As humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of Trump’s foreign aid halt, Rubio issues new waiver
Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden ...
Rubio backtracks on near-total foreign aid freeze, issues humanitarian waiver
Secretary of State Marco Rubio backtracked on Trump’s near-total foreign aid freeze and approved potentially billions of ...
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions
U.S.-funded aid programs worldwide have begun firing staff and preparing to shut down their operations as an unprecedented ...
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide
Many of the frozen programs are aimed at alleviating disease and malnutrition, but even security programs with U.S. funding ...
State Department Reverses Near-Full Stop of Foreign Aid
Marco Rubio’s memo now exempts ‘core life saving programs’ but withholds assistance for diversity and abortions.
Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending
The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused ...
Hundreds of USAID Internal Contractors Put on Leave, Terminated Amid US Freeze on Global Aid
Hundreds of contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are ...