Foreign Aid

President Trump wants to increase defense spending by around $54 billion. (Ingo Wagner/dpa via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The US has to spend more than everyone else on defense

Tom Rogan · March 1, 2017 7:15 pm

President Trump's budget will also call for a $54 billion increase in defense spending. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

White House: Trump’s budget will cut foreign aid

Joel Gehrke · February 27, 2017 7:58 pm

Bill Gates warned that President Trump's executive orders could put global health projects at risk. (AP Photo)

Bill Gates: Global health plans at risk under Trump

Daniel Chaitin · February 14, 2017 10:39 pm

Author J.K. Rowling argued Monday night that President Trump’s executive order to reinstate a ban on foreign aid to international groups that provide abortions would put the "poorest women in the world" at risk. (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling bashes Trump’s foreign aid plan

Meghana Kurup · January 24, 2017 3:33 pm

As abortion rights providers and groups have demonstrated time after time, their baseline is this: We are the summit (and the foundation) of women’s rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

Abortion providers have an absurd baseline on foreign aid for abortions

Helen Alvaré · January 23, 2017 8:20 pm

The U.N. said Thursday it's ready and waiting to distribute the aid to about 275,000 people in Aleppo, Syria. (Thiqa News via AP)

National Security

Syrian rebels agree to allow aid in Aleppo

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 24, 2016 6:39 pm

A firefighting plane fights a wildfire over Haifa, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

National Security

US, Russia help Israel deal with wildfires

Pete Kasperowicz · November 24, 2016 6:02 pm

The Lebanese Army Is Misusing U.S. Aid

Lee Smith · November 14, 2016 9:27 pm

‘Historic’ in the Worst Way

Elliott Abrams · September 20, 2016 2:59 pm

The United Nations is halting aid to Syria after its deadly attack in Aleppo against a convoy of aid trucks and a warehouse containing essential supplies. (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi)

National Security

U.N. cancels aid to Syria after strike

Mariana Barillas · September 20, 2016 12:16 pm

‘Historic’ in the Worst Way

Elliott Abrams · September 16, 2016 6:15 am

Graham, Senate Republicans to Buck Restrictions on Aid to Israel

Jenna Lifhits · September 15, 2016 9:02 pm