Late today, the U.S. State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least

three months. It affects tens of billions of dollars for programs that extend from military

assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who are supposed to stop fentanyl from coming

into the U.S. Nick Schifrin is following this all and joins us now. So, Nick, what does this

direction actually do? Jeff, the direction is contained in a memo that hasn't been U.S. Nick Schifrin is following this all and joins us now. So, Nick, what does this direction

actually do? Jeff, the direction is contained in a memo that hasn't been made public. The State

Department hasn't even acknowledged it publicly, but PBS News Hour obtained the memo. And it

says the U.S. government, quote, shall not provide foreign assistance funded by or through the

Department and U.S. aid without the

Secretary of State's authorization. And quote, for existing foreign assistance awards,

contracting officers and grant officers shall immediately stop, issue, stop work orders.

It says within 30 days, the department will develop review standards. Within 85 days, it will complete a comprehensive review, and within 180 days, all U.S.

foreign assistance will be aligned with President Trump's vision.

Bottom line, Jeff, every dollar is being spent in terms of U.S. foreign assistance around

the world is now being paused.

There are a few exceptions.

Foreign military financing for Israel and

Egypt and emergency food assistance around the world.

So what programs could this suspension affect?

We're talking about everything including security assistance around the world. So $40 billion

is generally the total that's cited in terms of total foreign assistance. About half of that is military assistance.

So this affects security assistance, or some of the security assistance, certainly to Ukraine,

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