Congress last year stopped all U.S. funding to UNRWA until March 2025. Trump's plan to sign the orders was first reported by Politico. Driving the news: Trump's orders will be signed on the same day he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

A Human Rights Council working group is due to review the U.S. human rights record in August, a process all countries undergo every few years. While the council has no legally binding power, its debat

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to stop U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday.

The president's executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.