Event Brief
Trump administration redirects human rights funds abroad
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM ET
Summary: With hours left before the state department’s flagship human rights fund expires, the Trump administration obligated more than $175m to grantees. The awards include a $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil’s supreme court, and programs rewarding European allies.
WHO: Trump administration; U.S. State Department
WHAT: Obligated more than $175m from the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of ideological-aligned grantees abroad
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The funds were obligated to grantees hours before the funding deadline.
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