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.
State Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months
The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming into the U.
State Department Freezes Most Foreign Aid
President Trump exempted military financing for Israel and Egypt and emergency food aid.
The U.S. freezes foreign aid but keeps military support for allies
The United States has frozen almost all foreign aid. The directive from the new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, allows for only two exceptions. Ukraine cannot be certain whether it will receive the already approved U.
US freezes foreign aid but Israel, Egypt remain key allies
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The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt. But the memo explicitly made exceptions for military assistance to Israel -- whose longstanding major arms packages from the United States have expanded further since the Gaza war -- and Egypt,
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