Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio over recent firings at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a Thursday letter requesting his testimony before Congress on the matter.

A handful of Republican senators, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined Democrats to quietly express alarm about how President Donald Trump is freezing foreign aid.

If approved, the exemptions will go beyond the “life-saving” aid already permitted worldwide by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which now funds programs like landmine clearance and anti-narcotics efforts.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading these talks with senior Russian ... Republican Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic senators Jeanne Shaheen and Michael Bennet say the visit is intended to show that the U.S. continues to stand behind Ukraine.

Senior State Department officials are compiling a list of additional exemptions to the foreign aid freeze for Ukraine that could give the country access to some economic and security-related assistance currently on hold.

Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio over recent firings at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a Thursday ...

Patty Murray (Washington), Brian Schatz (Hawaii) and Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire) were the Democrats on the letter. In a statement to The Washington Post, Graham said he trusts Rubio’s ...