State Dept pulls millions in funding for ‘condoms in Gaza,’ as Trump admin looks to trim spending
The State Department paused several millions of dollars for "condoms in Gaza," as reports say the contraceptives were used as bomb-carrying balloons.
New Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Florida jumps into new role. What he's starting with
Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.
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The U.S. State Department Suspends Passport Applications With This Marker — Here's What Every Traveler Needs to Know
The State Department has suspended the processing of passport applications that selected “X” as their gender following an executive order from President Donald Trump.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers after Trump order: report
State Department staff were instructed to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker.”
Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’
The Trump administration paused all foreign aid and urged USAID to follow in step or face disciplinary action for not complying with the freeze.
US probes release of arrested immigrant in first challenge to sanctuary cities
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it was probing the release by an upstate New York sheriff's office of an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, in what appears to be its first use of a new policy to target state and local agencies that do not comply with President Donald Trump's directives.
State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide
The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.
State Department to suspend passport applications seeking sex-marker changes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a memo reviewed by NBC News, said additional guidance would be issued on existing passports containing an “X” sex marker.
A man, a plan, a canal: Rubio's first trip as secretary of state will take him to Panama
Marco Rubio will head overseas late next week; he's also scheduled to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
Trump's Executive Order Froze Distribution of Life-Saving HIV Drugs, But Only Briefly
A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.
US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors
The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear almost a week on, as officials and aid workers overseas try to make sense of which activities must be suspended.
Rubio's Central America trip aims to counter China, State Department says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to Central America, including Panama, is partially about countering China, a State Department spokesperson told Fox Business, as new President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal.