Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as secretary of state by US Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on January 21, 2025.

US freezes almost all foreign aid

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable, seen by CNN, to all US diplomatic posts on Friday outlining the move, which threatens billions of dollars of funding […]

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