UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
By Simon Lewis, Leah Douglas and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ...
Marco Rubio demands immediate halt to virtually all US foreign aid
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes ...
The News International1d
Rubio reveals plans to exempt key programmes from USAID shutdown
The Trump administration is working to identify and exempt specific USAID programmes from a sweeping freeze on foreign aid, ...
Khaleej Times8d
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 ...
Bloomberg L.P.9d
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 ...
Rubio says US identifying USAid programs to be exempted from shutdown
The criteria for exemptions will be whether a programme furthers or is aligned with US national interests. Read more at ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
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 ...
The Hill8d
Rubio exempting ‘life-saving humanitarian assistance’ from foreign aid restrictions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver on Tuesday exempting ... refers to “core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and subsistence assistance,” in addition ...