Secretary of state says 83% of USAID programs are being canceled

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency that provides humanitarian aid overseas and has become the target for the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.  Rubio said on his

Greenland’s leader says Trump’s threats are fueling mistrust of U.S.

Facing President Trump’s repeated assertions that Greenland should be brought under U.S. control, the island’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said that Mr. Trump was, “very unpredictable, in such a way that people feel insecure” as global power dynamics shift. Egede’s interview with Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, was published Monday, one day before voters on the

What to Know About the House’s 6-Month Stopgap Funding Bill

Congress has until March 14 to avert a shutdown. WASHINGTON—Republicans have released their proposal for extending government funding, but it faces hurdles in both chambers of Congress. The 100-page continuing resolution (CR)—Capitol Hill parlance for a stopgap funding bill—would primarily extend funding past the March 14 deadline to Sept. 30. But it also contains provisions