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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1938287/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1938287/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> European allies demand return of $15 million in unspent USAID funds amid Trump, DOGE cuts <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DevelopmentPrograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentPrograms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WE4F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WE4F</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1937433/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1937433/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> European allies demand return of $15 million in unspent USAID funds amid Trump, DOGE cuts <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DevelopmentPrograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentPrograms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WE4F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WE4F</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Chuang found that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> is unlawfully exercising power under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppointmentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppointmentsClause</span></a>. However, because some of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USAID</span></a> dismantling was done by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeterMarocco</span></a> — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>State</span></a> Dept Director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeignAssistance</span></a> — not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a>, &amp; the dismissed employees didn&#39;t sue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USAID</span></a>, he limited his preliminary injunction.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Congress</span></a></p>
Alexander J. Stein<p>The US froze its <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ForeignAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAssistance</span></a> worldwide. Republicans dislike <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, but the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> accounts for very little of the US <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>. Lifesaving global <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> aid, development assistance, military <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> &amp; even clean <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> distribution could be affected: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/us-freezes-foreign-aid/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2025/01/24/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/us-freezes-foreign-aid/index.html</span></a></p>
AK<p>State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide [exceptions incl. military aid to Israel and Egypt] | AP News (2025-01-25)</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-foreign-aid-bf047e17ef64cb42a1a1b7fdf05caffa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/state-depar</span><span class="invisible">tment-trump-foreign-aid-bf047e17ef64cb42a1a1b7fdf05caffa</span></a><br>———</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order, delivered in a cable sent to U.S. embassies worldwide, specifically exempted emergency food programs, such as those helping to feed millions in a widening famine in warring Sudan.”</p><p>“While Rubio’s order exempted military assistance to allies Israel and Egypt from the freeze, there was no indication of a similar waiver to allow vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine through.”</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ForeignAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p>