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https://x.com/StateDept/status/1884684095713915383Department of State @StateDept·The U.S. contributes roughly 40% of global humanitarian aid. Americans deserve transparency and accountability. As we pause and review U.S. foreign aid, @SecRubio issued a waiver for life-saving humanitarian assistance programs.state.govEmergency Humanitarian Waiver to Foreign Assistance Pause - United States Department of State1:24 PM · Jan 29, 2025____More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism.Federal watchdog reports and other documents show former President Joe Biden’s aid programs funneled the money toward a network of terrorism in the Muslim world — largely by reversing Trump-era policies. National security experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation the new Trump administration must take the trend more seriously.Top Stories“We should not be putting money into any country or areas where a terrorist group remains in control,” Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said. Roggio said that “aid, like money, is fungible.”“It winds up propping up these groups,” the counterterrorism analyst told the DCNF. “It allows them to use … whatever money they have to invest into their terrorist activities.”The State Department told the DCNF last week that “national security is and will remain a top priority” after President Donald Trump announced he is reevaluating foreign aid programs.“The review period is a measure put in place for us to align our ongoing work with the America First agenda,” the department said. “The results of the in-depth review will be communicated transparently.”https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/04/biden-admin-terrorist-1-3-billion-trump-foreign-aid/