US to Halt Funding for Foreign Groups That Promote DEI: VP Vance

The announcement, made during the annual March for Life, is an expansion of a Reagan-era policy.
US to Halt Funding for Foreign Groups That Promote DEI: VP Vance
Vice President JD Vance speaks ahead of the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 23, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance announced on Jan. 23 that the Trump administration would restrict funding to international organizations that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, in addition to abortion.

“We’re going to start blocking every international NGO that performs or promotes abortion abroad from receiving $1 of U.S. money,” Vice President JD Vance said during a speech at the annual March for Life. “Now we’re expanding this policy to protect life, to combat DEI and the radical gender ideologies that prey on our children.”

Stacy Robinson
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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]