WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt.

The order threatened a quick halt to many of the billions of dollars in U.S.-funded projects globally to support health, education, development, job training, anti-corruption, security assistance and other efforts.

The U.S. provides more foreign aid globally than any other country, budgeting about $60 billion in 2023, or about 1% of the U.S. budget.

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    8 hours ago

    military aid to Israel

    Of course. Why can’t this religious ethnostate fight its own battles?

    Why does the US have to give them ~$8 billion annually for free?

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    Nearly all except for the fucking Zionists, of course.