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 Trolls Out!” – “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
– $2.5mm for “advancing…

— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 15, 2025