Ellen Knickmeyer
@EllenKnickmeyer
Washington-based foreign policy/national security reporter, adjunct lecturer Georgetown GSAS. Riyadh, Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad, Dakar, Rome with AP, WaPo, WSJ.
With Rubio looking on, Congo and Rwanda sign a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo. apnews.com/article/rubio-…
Jeremy Lewin, the Elon Musk associate who 2 USAID officials said ordered the new cuts and their partial reversal, sent a note internally expressing regret at what he described as a miscommunication.
The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. apnews.com/article/trump-…
The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. apnews.com/article/trump-…
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
BREAKING: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip rises to at least 103, hospitals say. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the overnight strikes. apnews.com/article/mideas…
Israeli strikes kill at least 93 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East trip. apnews.com/article/mideas…
Trump’s Middle East trip splashed out on deals and diplomacy. It was quiet on detained Americans and human rights. apnews.com/article/trump-…
The universe is poised to die much faster than previously thought, according to new research by Dutch scientists. u.afp.com/SqCJ
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it, writes @EllenKnickmeyer apnews.com/article/usaid-…
BREAKING: Food security experts say Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and end its campaign. apnews.com/article/gaza-f…
New from @AP: Associate in Musk’s DOGE team made acting head over foreign assistance at the State Department. apnews.com/article/trump-…
Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. apnews.com/article/trump-…
The Trump administration revives a USAID program that sent Afghan women abroad for education, 5 days after killing it without warning. “Please disregard my previous email,” Thursday’s notice of the program’s reinstatement began. apnews.com/live/donald-tr…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, ruling on a case that touched at the heart of the First Amendment and affirming that the government cannot punish the news organization…
First on @AP: A DOGE member turned USAID official cancels some of the last remaining life-saving humanitarian USAID programs for refugees and others in the Middle East, US, UN officials say. apnews.com/article/usaid-…
