U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme
The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid ...
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
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Secretary Rubio should take a page from Senator Rubio’s book on foreign aid
As Secretary Rubio presides over a foreign aid crisis of the Trump administration’s own making, he may want to remember his ...
The Associated Press on MSN14d
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 ...
Politico Europe5d
Trump’s aid freeze leaves UN food agency scrambling, with millions at risk
BRUSSELS — The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a crisis after the United States halted dozens of aid grants despite an emergency waiver meant to keep food assistance flowing. The freeze ...
Janesville Gazette15d
Rubio approves some foreign aid exemptions to Trump’s spending halt
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ... aid groups around the world. In a statement late Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Rubio had provided waivers for food assistance as well ...
Khaleej Times14d
Rubio widens exemption for US foreign aid after freeze
Exemptions include humanitarian assistance such as core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter and subsistence ...
UN food agency WFP receives dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
Just hours after taking office on Jan 20, Trump ordered a 90-day foreign aid pause so contributions could be reviewed. Read more at straitstimes.com.