foreign aid, State Department

State Department issues immediate pause for nearly all U.S. foreign aid
The Trump administration has suspended all existing foreign aid for 90 days pending review with exceptions for Israel and Egypt, according to a State Department cable leaked on Friday.
State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide
The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.
State Department Freezes Most Foreign Aid
President Trump exempted military financing for Israel and Egypt and emergency food aid.
'Went nuclear': State Department reportedly 'shocked' as Rubio freezes foreign aid
State Department officials were reportedly "shocked" as new Secretary of State Marco Rubio froze most foreign aid grants — and the order appears to include military aid to Ukraine. Rubio issued the new guidance Friday,
US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt: memo
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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State Attorneys General, Including AG Brown from Washington, Challenge Trump-Era Memo on Immigration Enforcement
State AGs, led by Washington's Nick Brown, oppose a Trump-era DOJ memo compelling local law enforcement into immigration ...
New Secretary of State Marco Rubio pauses refugee operations, ramps up visa vetting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is advising his department to cease refugee resettlement operations and begin ramping up ...
State Department will focus on 'national interest' while promoting peace, Rubio says
Former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of State on Tuesday morning and pledged to improve the department and ...
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Mass. officials digest new federal immigration policies and threats of prosecution
A DOJ memo has raised questions about whether the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts — the top federal law enforcement official ...
In U.S. illegally, two accused of trying to obtain Arkansas state IDs in custody
State investigators say two people in the United States illegally who tried to obtain state ID cards are now legally behind ...
Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Iowa’s State-Level Immigration Enforcement Law
A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied ...
U.S. Department of the Interior implements President Trump’s “Gulf of America”
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that they will implement President Trump’s name change for the Gulf ...
Marco Rubio sworn in as secretary of state, pledges decisions to make America 'safer' and 'more prosperous'
After taking the oath of office, Marco Rubio promised that every action taken by the State Department will be determined by ...