THE WASHINGTON POST Alert - Breaking News - January 28, 2025 - Secretary of State Marco Rubio backtracks on Trump’s near-total foreign aid freeze

 THE WASHINGTON POST 

Politics Alert Jan. 28, 10:09 p.m. EST

Secretary of State Marco Rubio backtracks on Trump’s near-total foreign aid freeze, issues waiver for ‘life-saving’ assistance The State Department on Friday issued a blanket "stop-work" order, immediately pausing almost all U.S. foreign assistance. On Tuesday, amid global confusion and concern, the State Dept. abruptly and quietly sent a notice that seemed to indicate broad swaths of this funding could continue. Humanitarian groups around the world are still unsure what it means for them. Read more