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Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Jan. 29, 2025 13:47 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then Monday, the new Trump administration announced a freeze on all federal loans and grants, though that pause has...

US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand

Jan. 29, 2025 11:51 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,000 are living, activists and Thai officials said...

A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions

Jan. 28, 2025 21:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,...