US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt arms: memo

AFP :

The United States, the world’s biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid onFriday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding forIsrael and Egypt.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent an internal memo days after PresidentDonald Trump took office vowing an “America First” policy of tightly restrictingassistance overseas.”No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existingawards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed andapproved,” said the memo to staff seen by AFP.
The sweeping order appears to affect everything from development assistance tomilitary aid — including to Ukraine, which received billions of dollars in weaponsunder Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden as it tries to repel a Russian invasion.