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The US provides more foreign aid globally than any other country, budgeting about $60 billion in 2023, or about 1% of the U.S ...

The State Department memo directed senior officials to issue stop-work orders for existing awards until Rubio's review is complete.

As the world’s largest donor of international aid, the US allocated $68 billion to foreign development efforts in 2023, ...

The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all US foreign assistance, making exceptions ...

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all US foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian ...

The directive follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday pausing new obligations and disbursements of foreign ...

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas is expected to release four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday in exchange for a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered an immediate stop to the flow of almost all U.S. foreign assistance, pending a review, ...

Under Rubio's order, there is an 85-day deadline for a "government-wide comprehensive review of all foreign assistance" to be ...