Foreign Aid

President Donald Trump talks to the media after arriving at Southwest Florida International airport to meet with first responders and people impacted by Hurricane Irma, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Ft. Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: I didn’t talk to Mexican president about natural disasters sooner because of bad cellphone reception

Kyle Feldscher · September 14, 2017 7:33 pm

Tillerson was reportedly interested in asking Israel to return $75 million allocated by Congress at the end of last year. That would have been a departure of the Trump administration's policy as recently as May, when the White House pledged that same amount of money to support Israel's missile defense program. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

State Department won’t ask Israel to return $75 million in aid

Joel Gehrke · September 12, 2017 8:52 pm

Trump’s ‘Apparent Doctrine of Retreat’ Dismissed by Senate Committee

Jenna Lifhits · September 11, 2017 8:02 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to supporters gathered at The Champions of Liberty Rally in Hebron, Ky., Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. He wants to use unspent foreign aid in America to help with hurricane cleanup. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Washington Secrets

Rand Paul: Use foreign aid to fund Harvey, Irma relief, FEMA

Paul Bedard · September 6, 2017 8:12 pm

Dominic Dominguez looks through a stack of boats jumbled in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Mexico offers to help after Hurricane Harvey hits Texas

Caitlin Yilek · August 28, 2017 1:35 pm

Egypt's foreign minister canceled a meeting with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and a White House adviser, and other U.S. officials in Cairo after the Trump administration announced it will deny more than $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt and delay $195 million more (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Egypt’s foreign minister to meet with Jared Kushner after appearing to call it off

Melissa Quinn · August 23, 2017 1:35 pm

The U.S. will deny just over $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt over that country's failure to make progress on issues related to human rights and democratic norms. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

US set to withhold $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt: Report

Todd Shepherd · August 22, 2017 7:28 pm

In his speech Monday evening, President Trump offered a sharp rebuke to a south Asian nation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

How Trump should pressure Pakistan

Tom Rogan · August 22, 2017 1:59 pm

Sen. Bob Corker said, President Trump proposed State Department and foreign aid spending cuts to appear fiscally responsible while ignoring entitlement spending. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Bob Corker: Trump slashing foreign aid to distract from entitlement crisis

Joel Gehrke · June 13, 2017 2:28 pm

"Should America embrace and accelerate the use of advanced energy sources, it can open new markets for a wide range of goods and services, promote prosperity in emerging economies, and establish new energy tethers and political influence," the retired admirals and generals wrote to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to stop by Poland before attending Germany’s G20 Summit

Anna Giaritelli · June 9, 2017 10:49 pm

Federal watchdogs are investigating nearly a billion dollars in loans to finance solar farms and a hydroelectric dam in Chile, according to a report. (PRNewsFoto/SunEdison)

You’re subsidizing a ‘five-star’ empty shell in Kabul and a failing solar farm in Chile

Timothy P. Carney · May 31, 2017 12:44 pm

President Trump offered to help British Prime Minister Theresa May in a Tuesday morning phone call, just hours after a terrorist attack in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump offers aid to British PM Theresa May after Manchester terror attack

Alex Pappas · May 23, 2017 12:53 pm