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Intelligencer on MSNTrump’s Mass State Department Layoffs Upend Foreign PolicyAlong with rescissions hitting foreign aid, the new round of firings shows Trump is still bent on tearing down bipartisan foreign-policy traditions.
The U.S. Agency for International Development will on Tuesday officially stop implementing foreign aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that America's assistance in the future will be targeted and limited.
President Trump threatens to withhold support from Republicans opposing a $9 billion rescissions package cutting foreign aid and public broadcasting funds, including PBS and NPR. Senate debates intensify as Susan Collins and others question the cuts’ impact.
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24/7 Wall St. on MSNHow Much the U.S. Spends on Foreign Aid, and Where It GoesOne of the most frequently discussed budget items in the United States is the amount the country spends on foreign assistance. Between the fighting in Ukraine and Israel, this is once again a very hot topic as the US provides significant financial support to both nations.
The Republican-led U.S. Senate is due to vote next week on President Donald Trump's request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, setting up a showdown with Democrats that could complicate annual budget talks.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will move to stop additional aid to Israel, citing the fact that they already receive $3.4 billion annually.
Actress Charlize Theron called the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts to foreign aid “dangerous" at a charity event.
Monday's arguments mark one of the first opportunities for an appellate court to tackle a nationwide injunction after the Supreme Court limited federal judges' powers to issue sweeping rulings.
The federal government is asking the appeals court to lift a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali on March 10 ordering the Trump administration to make available for obligation billions of dollars appropriated in the 2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Global commitment to development assistance is far from where it was a decade ago. Off the back of the International Conference on Financing for Development, European policymakers should look
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Despite the pain and suffering these cuts to humanitarian aid will cause, they seem unlikely to become election issues.