BREAKING: Officials Shocked After Trump State Department Halts Funding For Military Aid to Ukraine
Cristina Laila, Gateway Pundit, Jan. 24, 2025
(https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-officials-shocked-after-trump-state-department-halts/)
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You love to see it.
Trump’s State Department halted funding for military aid to Ukraine for 90 days.
According to Politico, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued new guidance on Friday to temporarily halt spending on most foreign aid for 3 months.
Military funding for Egypt and Israel will continue.
Deep state officials in the State Department were reportedly shocked after Marco Rubio issued the new guidance.
The new guidance is effective immediately.
“State just totally went nuclear on foreign assistance,” a State Department official said according to Politico.
Politico reported:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine.
Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign assistance awards,” according to the document, which was obtained by POLITICO. It is effective immediately.
It appears to go further than President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which instructed the department to pause foreign aid grants for 90 days pending review by the secretary. It had not been clear from the president’s order if it would affect already appropriated funds or Ukraine aid.
The new guidance means no further actions will be taken to disperse aid funding to programs already approved by the U.S. government, according to three current and two former officials familiar with the new guidance.
This is a stark contrast to the last few years under the Biden Regime.
Joe Biden and Congress sent nearly $200 billion in aid and military assistance to Ukraine.
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Kristi Noem Clears Final Hurdle to Confirmation as DHS Secretary – Senate Vote Expected on Sunday
Mike LaChance, Gateway Pundit, Jan. 24, 2025
(https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/kristi-noem-clears-final-hurdle-confirmation-as-dhs/)
Now that Pete Hegseth has been confirmed by the Senate for Secretary of Defense, the next member of Trump’s new cabinet up for a vote is South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security.
Noem’s nomination was just advanced by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee which means all that’s left is for the Senate to vote for her confirmation.
Noem is expected to get bipartisan support in the Senate, so her confirmation should not be as close as Hegseth’s.
FOX News reports:
Kristi Noem beats Senate confirmation hurdle, advancing to final vote for DHS role
The nomination of Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., to be the next Homeland Security secretary defeated a key hurdle in the confirmation process on Friday night, advancing to a final vote later this weekend.
Her confirmation vote is expected to take place early Sunday morning.
If confirmed, Noem will become the fourth of President Donald Trump’s picks to be advanced out of the Senate, behind Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Votes that are expected soon after Noem’s are those for Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent, followed by Transportation Secretary pick Sean Duffy.
The South Dakota governor is expected to receive bipartisan support for her confirmation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Her nomination advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) by a vote of 13-2. Only two Democrats voted against her.
Senator Mullin of Oklahoma tweeted this tonight.
It will actually be a surprise if Noem is not confirmed. She will replace Alejandro Mayorkas, who will go down in history as the worst DHS chief ever.
NB: Alejandro Mayorkas is reported to have been executed on or around Dec. 11, 2024.
See Michael Baxter, “Mayorkas Executed at GITMO,” Real Raw News, Dec. 11, 2024, at https://realrawnews.com/2024/12/mayorkas-executed-at-gitmo.
I’ll need to cover President Trump’s North Carolina and LA visits in more detail tomorrow.
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