The suspension of foreign aid was outlined in a diplomatic cable from Secretary of State Marco Rubio last Friday ... Contractors working with USAID – many of them US-based companies and small ...

Rubio issued a waiver to the funding pause for ... “If you look at what USAID actually does in the energy space, it’s so far from being a leftist climate agenda,” said Katie Auth, policy ...

A USAid official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... foreign aid with the exception of emergency food assistance. Mr Rubio, Mr Trump's top diplomat, defined life-saving humanitarian assistance ...

One group funded by USAID that was providing emergency food aid in an African country, work that was theoretically already exempt from the funding freeze before Rubio's latest waiver, said on ...

On Tuesday, Rubio issued a temporary waiver for existing ... aid are actually used to employ US-based personnel. Scores of USAID contractors have been laid off or furloughed because of the ...

USAID and the State Department did not respond ... effectively freezing all foreign aid with the exception of emergency food assistance. Rubio, Trump's top diplomat, defined life-saving ...

On Tuesday, Rubio issued a waiver for “life-saving humanitarian assistance ... they are seen as questioning or attempting to evade the halt. On Monday, nearly 60 USAID senior staff were put on sudden ...

Rubio’s permission to resume such work comes after contractors and partners who work with USAID this week received orders to stop work immediately, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters.

USAID's acting head said he was investigating ... "That's a death sentence for many people." Rubio's waiver does not cover programs that deal with abortion, family planning, conferences or ...

In response to Rubio's mandate to halt federal foreign assistance, stop-work orders were issued on Monday and Tuesday to companies that hold contracts with USAID and the State Department.