Foreign Aid

Sanctions

Venezuela aid meets sanctions: permits diverging from pledges

Dissecting the $115.4M Venezuela aid pledge: why sanctions permits gate which transactions move. This Record audits per-taxpayer exposure and stress-tests the permit bottleneck that money cannot bypass.

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Foreign Aid

Inflating the Ukraine Support Program: how procurement friction compounds the 2029 delivery cost.

Stress-testing the $2.5B Ukraine commitment: why IMF gates, not announcements, govern cash timing. This Record quantifies per-taxpayer exposure and pinpoints the fiscal-calendar constraint inside the package.