Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on” and had become increasingly difficult to defend, the New York Times reports.
Reuters: Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger.
CBS News: USAID shutdown ripples through grassroots groups worldwide.
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