Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress
USAID employees stationed overseas are struggling to navigate the sudden upheaval, having received little clear information ...
USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency
President Donald Trump's effort to unilaterally wind down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ...
Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff
Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts ...
USAID shutdown ripples through grassroots groups worldwide: "A huge impact on actual human lives"
Grassroots groups around the world have lost funding for a range of humanitarian projects, including medical aid and fighting human trafficking.
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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.
Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is also about strategic interests
The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced ...
How will closing USAID exacerbate humanitarian problems around the world?
Trump's decision to suspend aid is "deepening humanitarian crises and putting an untold number of lives at risk, according to ...
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Elon Musk’s Claim Linking USAID To Bioweapons Isn’t As Far-Fetched As The Deep State Wants You To Think
As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
China’s social media reels at Musk’s ‘bioweapon theory’ for Covid-19 pandemic
Chinese internet users react to claim that USAID-funded research led to creation of the virus, contradicting scientific ...
Decision day for federal workers
MATERNAL DEATH RATES FALL — Fewer women died during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in 2023, but disparities in death rates between white women and women of color widened, POLITICO’s ...