, March 10 -- Fulbright scholar Aubrey Lay was supposed to receive three months' worth of payments from the U.S. government for his teaching assistantship at a school for Ukrainian refugees in Estonia.

However, he only received approximately one week's pay, with no indication of when the rest of his grant would be disbursed, reports AP.

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Lay is one of many scholars worldwide who rely on State Department funding to participate in long-standing programmes such as Fulbright. These scholars report that their payments were suddenly halted after being informed that their activities were under review. This decision appears to align with the White House's push to signifi...