Secretary of state says on social media that 83% of the programs at USAid are being cancelledSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...
In March 2025, President Trump confirmed the arrest and detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by ICE following an executive order. Trump claimed, without evidence, that activists like Khalil on college campuses are paid agitators and suggested more arrests would follow. The arrest occurred amidst other news events, including Ontario imposing power export taxes, Zelenskyy's arrival in Saudi Arabia, tariff-related Wall Street declines, USAID program cancellations, an armed man shot near the White House, and concerns about declining civic freedoms in the US.
