As US restores some aid, humanitarian groups ask: where is the money?


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  • Saturday, 08 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: People hold placards, as the USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2025.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Days after cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid programs, the United States began reversing some decisions, but humanitarian groups say funds have not yet arrived and the United Nations has started evaluating "choices we are making on which lives not to save" due to cuts.

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office on January 20 and immediately ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid pending a review of whether the programs align with his "America First" foreign policy.

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