Sep 01 Trump’s hiring, budget raises questions about U.S. Harvey help By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Much of FEMA's widely-praised response is the product of laws and procedures that grew under Trump's predecessors after the government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Continue reading
Aug 31 House could act to provide relief money for Hurricane Harvey aftermath as early as next week By Andrew Taylor and Erica Werner, Associated Press Members of the Texas and Louisiana delegation are pressing for fast action when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next week from their summer recess. Continue reading
Oct 19 As battle for Mosul continues, aid agencies prepare for mass exodus By Ryan Connelly Holmes International aid agencies are preparing for what the United Nations estimates could be an exodus of as many as one million people. Continue reading
Apr 12 Bono urges lawmakers to view aid as national security By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Bono brought his star power to Capitol Hill Tuesday as he called on members of Congress to take swift action on the refugee crisis and violent extremism. Continue reading
Mar 11 U.S. to send unarmed drones, but no lethal aid, to Ukraine By Nedra Pickler, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced Wednesday that it is sending small unarmed drones, armored Humvees and other assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists. Lethal weapons were not included, to the dismay of some U.S. lawmakers. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Saving lives and bearing witness in hot spots around the world By PBS NewsHour The New York doctor infected with Ebola was working in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization that deploys specialists to provide medical help in crisis zones all over the world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro offers a… Continue watching
Apr 30 Ukraine approved for $17 billion in aid By News Desk and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The International Monetary Fund board has approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package for Ukraine, hinging on country-wide economic reforms. The changes included raising taxes, freezing the minimum wage and raising energy prices -- all steps that could hit households… Continue reading
Apr 16 U.S. plans to send non-lethal aid package to bolster Ukrainian military By Julie Pace, Associated Press The United States is working on a package of non-lethal aid for Ukraine that could include medical supplies and clothing, but would stop short of providing body armor and other military-style equipment, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The incremental assistance would… Continue reading
Mar 10 Amnesty International: Syrian government ‘using starvation as weapon of war’ By Sarah Sheffer Residents of the Yarmouk refugee camp just south of Damascus are starving, and many are resorting to eating cats and dogs and foraging for weeds, as the Syrian civil war enters its fourth year, a new Amnesty International report… Continue reading