Allies are struggling to save part of their security funding from the 90-day freeze ordered by President Trump, who also paused federal grants and loans inside the U.S.

U.S.-funded aid programs worldwide have begun firing staff and preparing to shut down their operations as an unprecedented Trump administration freeze on foreign assistance brings their work to a sudden halt.

President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on nearly all U.S. foreign aid froze a globe-spanning apparatus that provides assistance ranging from weapons of war to lifesaving medicines. Under an executive order signed during his first week in office,