Marco Rubio cuts $214 million in grants, axing funds for ‘newsroom sustainability’ in Moldova, UK ‘media diversity’

Marco Rubio cuts $214 million in grants, axing funds for ‘newsroom sustainability’ in Moldova, UK ‘media diversity’

"We are cleaning up the mess the previous administration left and rebuilding an agency that's focused on putting America First," Rubio said.

Musk’s DOGE Cancels Another $215 million in International Grants

The U.S. State Department, with the assistance of DOGE, has stopped another 139 grants to organizations and missions of questionable interest to Americans (and, quite possibly, also to the countries where NGOs and media outlets were largely the intended recipients).@SecRubio continues to scrutinize @StateDept foreign assistance, today cancelling 139 wasteful grants worth $215M including: – $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the T…

The United States government has decided to cancel funding for 139 international programs, totaling $214 million, including a $2 million grant to the Republic of Moldova. The decision was approved by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and took effect on Tuesday, April 15, according to The Washington Free Beacon, quoted by DW.