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 Trump administration freeze on foreign assistance brings their work to a sudden halt.
Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’
The Trump administration paused all foreign aid and urged USAID to follow in step or face disciplinary action for not complying with the freeze.
UN chief voices concern over US freeze on foreign aid under Trump, seeks more exemptions
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US officials push to exempt Ukraine from Rubio’s foreign aid freeze
US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and “stop work” orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, according to documents seen by the Financial Times and people familiar with the matter.
The US is Haiti’s largest aid donor. Now Trump is freezing all foreign aid for 90 days
Trump’s foreign aid freeze “undermines American leadership and credibility around the world,” lawmakers tell Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Diplomats urge Rubio to exempt Ukraine from US aid halt order
American diplomats are urging US Secretary of State Mark Rubio to make an exception for Ukraine in the decree suspending foreign aid. Aid programs for other countries have been frozen for 90 days, reports the Financial Times.
Diplomats push to shield Ukraine from U.S. aid freeze
Senior State Department officials have requested Rubio not to extend the directive, effective Jan. 25, to USAID operations in Ukraine. The directive temporarily halts most U.S. foreign programs worldwide.
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