President Donald Trump falsely claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders cracking down on campus antisemitism and stripping federal funds from K-12 schools that teach critical race theory.
President Trump on Wednesday defended his temporary freeze on federal grants and loans — saying he stopped “condoms for Hamas” and other “waste” — after his aides rolled back a memo to agencies in order to “end any confusion” about what was being targeted.
A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was not among the recipients.
Still, the chaotic 48 hours suggested that some in the Trump administration had overestimated their ability to impose ideological purity tests on federal funding. The order interrupted the Medicaid system, which provides health care to millions of low-income Americans, and left thousands of people in limbo.
President Donald Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid on Jan. 20, 2025, the day he took office for the second time. The next day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stop-work order that for 90 days halted foreign aid funding disbursements by agencies like USAID.
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Donald Trump’s new order isn’t about antisemitism. It’s about an attack on immigrants, universities, and pro-Palestine activists.
President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be detained and potentially deported even before a conviction.
crossings management and reconstruction of the war-torn territory, a statement issued by the PA president’s office said. Hamas has exercised complete control in Gaza since 2007. The rival ...
The White House has rescinded the freeze on federal grants and loans after facing furious backlash from both sides of the aisle. A memo from the White House budget office was sent out to multiple agencies Wednesday informing them that the freeze "is rescinded.