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Executive Order 14169, titled "Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid", is an executive order signed by U.S. president Donald Trump hours after he took office 20 January 2025 ordering a 90-day pause on all U.S. foreign development assistance programs in order to conduct a review.
The upending of democracy-focused foreign aid programs comes as the second Trump administration has put on administrative leave several employees of the DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in office to ...
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance pending assessments of efficiencies and consistency with his foreign policy.
United States foreign aid, also known as US foreign assistance consists of a variety of tangible and intangible forms of assistance the United States gives to other countries. Foreign aid is used to support American national security and commercial interests and can also be distributed for humanitarian reasons . [ 3 ]
The foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration emphasizes the repair of the United States' alliances, which Biden argues were damaged during the first Trump administration. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The administration's goal is to restore the United States to a "position of trusted leadership" among global democracies in order to address challenges posed ...
USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could reduce wasteful spending, Republicans say. USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list.
[120] [121] The request was related to new U.S. legislation, the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, that exposed foreign aid recipients to anti-terrorism lawsuits. USAID restarted assistance to Palestinians in April 2021 under President Biden. [122] The agency increased assistance during the Israel–Hamas war that began in October 2023.