On May 29, 2025, President Trump sent a $9.4 billion rescissions request to Congress, which House Majority Leader introduced as H.R. 4. This package would cancel funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S....more
On April 22, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a plan to implement across-the-board structural changes to the Department of State to bring the department in line with President Trump’s America First foreign policy...more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
Among a bevy of executive orders issued by President Trump on the day of his inauguration (January 20, 2025) was the executive order (EO) Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid....more
It is the policy of United States that no further United States foreign assistance shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States. A 90-day pause will be...more
Doubling down on an America First foreign policy, a second term for President Trump would focus on continued unwinding post 9/11 military involvement in the Middle East while pursuing normalization of ties between Israel and...more
Leading the News - Libya: On October 8th, The Washington Post provided an update on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) activities in Sirte, Libya. Since taking hold of Sirte earlier this year, ISIL...more