Top of the Hour: US Cuts Off Funding to UNESCO, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The U.S. is cutting off tens of millions of dollars in funding to UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural and scientific body, after it voted to admit Palestine as a full member. State Department official Victoria Nuland says the U.S. will withhold a $60 million payment that was to be delivered later this month.

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