Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Under Rubio's order, there is an 85-day deadline for a "government-wide comprehensive review of all foreign assistance" to be completed, and, it stated, "a report shall be produced to the Secretary of State for his consideration and recommendation to the President."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio orders halt to almost all U.S. foreign aid
Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers after Trump order: report
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US lawmakers urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to unfreeze aid
Two top Democrats on congressional committees overseeing U.S. foreign aid spending expressed "deep concern over the lives placed at risk because of the Administration’s freeze on foreign assistance funding.
What Trump’s executive order on gender means for passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a suspension of passport applications that use a gender-neutral marker or request a change in gender.
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Marco Rubio Orders Suspension of Passport Applications From Anyone Seeking to Change Gender Marker
It is one of the first directives to be implemented after Trump signed a sweeping anti-trans executive order declaring only two sexes, male and female as assigned at birth.
House Democrats urge Rubio to lift foreign assistance freeze
House Democrats urged President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lift the foreign assistance freeze mandated by an executive order from earlier this week, cutting off most U.S-funded
Marco Rubio Tells Staff To 'Suspend' Passport Applications With 'X' Gender Marker
The directive comes days after Trump signed a sweeping executive order that there are only "two sexes" — and it's causing confusion and panic in the trans community.
Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.
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Trump executive order bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers
A sweeping executive order that President Donald Trump issued on Monday bans the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers. Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June 2021 announced the State Department would begin to issue gender-neutral passports and documents for American citizens who were born overseas.
Marco Rubio tells diplomats he will end State Department programs that ‘open the door to censorship’
The departure from the Biden administration’s approach to combatting so-called “disinformation” was one of several planned changes for the State Department outlined by Rubio, 53, in a cable sent
Marco Rubio clashes with NBC 'Today' host when pressed on Trump's Jan. 6 pardons
Secretary of State Marco Rubio shut down questions from NBC "Today" show host Craig Melvin about President Trump's decision to pardon Jan. 6 defendants.
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Trump Executive Order Signals Crackdown On Pro-Terrorist College Students
President Donald Trump’s executive order on foreigners who “support designated foreign terrorists” could be the start of a previously promised
Trump's foreign aid freeze halts funding for digital diplomacy bureau
The State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy has been affected by Trump's decision. Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively put a freeze on most foreign aid.