FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian rescuers appear next to new equipment, which was provide by United States Agency for International Development, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development has told all aid groups to immediately pause all U.S.-funded programs "until further notice" as humanitarian groups grapple with a lack of clarity on waivers to President Donald Trump's 90-day aid pause.
All USAID payments have also stopped. The agency made no payments on Tuesday for the first time since the fiscal year began on Oct. 1, according to U.S. Treasury data. On Monday USAID paid out $8 million and last week a total of $545 million.
