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.
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Under Rubio's order, there is an 85-day deadline for a "government-wide comprehensive review of all foreign assistance" to be completed, and, it stated, "a report shall be produced to the Secretary of State for his consideration and recommendation to the President."
Trump's strict foreign funding freeze sparks panic among international aid groups
Internal communications reviewed by ABC News show that the Trump administration plans to strictly implement an executive order from the president mandating a 90-day freeze on almost all U.S. foreign aid amid a review, a measure that already has sparked widespread concern among humanitarian organizations.
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.
Funding for AIDS relief program to stop after foreign aid pause ordered
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
Exclusive-Trump Administration Memo Tells USAID to Put 'America First' in Reviewing Foreign Aid
Ukrainian rescuers appear next to new equipment, which was provide by United States Agency for International Development before a press conference of the USAID Administrator Samantha Power during her visit to Ukraine,
US aid programmes frozen worldwide after Trump orders major review on foreign spending
US foreign development funding has been frozen after Donald Trump ordered a major review on foreign spending. Just hours after the start of his presidency, Trump issued an executive order for a 90-day pause in US-funded aid programmes pending a review of their efficiency and to see if they are in line with his foreign policy.
Donald Trump Puts America First, Suspends All Foreign Aid, Orders Review
Under the America First agenda, The United States has announced the suspension of all foreign aid and ordered the review of American financial assistance to other countries.US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in this regard.
US will take ‘big interest’ in Sudan conflict, says Foreign Secretary
David Lammy said he had a ‘brief conversation’ with incoming US secretary of state Marco Rubio about the conflict in the ...
New WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt unveils ‘new media’ seat in briefing room
The addition is a more modest overhaul by the Trump administration than many longtime members of the White House press corps ...
Chinese FM Wang Yi meets Indian foreign secretary, says improvement of ties in line with both countries' interest
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in Beijing on January 27, 2025.
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will resume this year, says MEA after foreign secretary Vikram Misri holds high-level meet in Beijing
India and China have agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in 2025, aiming to rebuild bilateral relations. Key ...
Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation's election
President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe ...
China welcomes Indian foreign secretary’s visit, says FM spokesperson
China welcomes Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri (whose Chinese name is Tang Yongsheng)'s visit for the China-India ...
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri To Begin 2-Day Trip To China On January 26
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to China on a two-day trip from Sunday (January 26). "Foreign Secretary Vikram ...
Quad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump's China focus
The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the ...