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Children die after USAID funding cuts end lifeline for displaced communities fleeing violence

By Taiwo Adebayo, Associated Press

For years, the United States Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, the Trump administration cut more…

As U.S. foreign aid drops, United Nations agencies that provide aid worldwide slash jobs or cut costs

By Samy Magdy, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Officials are pointing to funding reductions mainly from the United States and warning that vital relief programs will be severely affected as a result.

In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce

By Willem Marx

In late 2023, PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the role that climate change and conflict were having on food supplies, witnessing first-hand the work that the World Food Program and…

Trump administration terminates some USAID contracts providing lifesaving food aid

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East.

After devastating earthquake in Myanmar, China filling vacuum left by USAID’s absence

By Nick Schifrin, Solveig Rennan

The true impact of the massive earthquake in Myanmar is starting to reveal itself. The military government says the official death toll is more than 2,000 people and hundreds are still missing. Thousands more are injured and homeless. Nick Schifrin…

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Federal appeals court clears way for DOGE to continue making cuts at USAID

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

“While defendants’ role and actions related to USAID are not conventional, unconventional does not necessarily equal unconstitutional,” Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum, who was appointed by Trump, wrote.

USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

By David Rising, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press

A multi-year cleanup at a former U.S. air base in Vietnam was abruptly halted when the Trump administration cut funding, leaving tons of dioxin-contaminated soil exposed.

DOGE official taking leadership role at USAID, email obtained by AP says

By Matt Brown, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution, judge rules

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave, though it appears to stops short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.

U.S. aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region

By Samuel Getachew, Fred Harter, Associated Press

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.