Mar 18 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. Continue reading
Mar 13 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. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 4:24 U.S. faces deadline to pay billions for aid work already done By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration’s review of foreign assistance has officially concluded. The Trump administration will cut 83 percent of USAID's programs and fold the rest into the State Department. This comes as the administration appears to… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 5:34 Save the Children official says Trump's 'disorderly' aid cuts are devastating its work By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Trump administration's slashing of foreign aid has had a devastating effect on groups like Save the Children. To discuss the impact on children around the world, Nick Schifrin spoke with Janti Soeripto, the president and CEO of Save the… Continue watching
Mar 10 Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with more than 80% of agency's programs gone By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Rubio made the announcement in a post on X marking one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development. Continue reading
Mar 07 Humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza slow as hundreds of millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups. Continue reading
Mar 06 Trump administration must pay nearly $2B in USAID and State Department debts, judge rules By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing the administration’s six-week funding freeze on all foreign… Continue reading
Mar 01 Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassies By Laura Barrón-López The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 7:27 Doctor who survived Ebola highlights risks of Musk's funding cuts By Laura Barrón-López, Ali Schmitz In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last… Continue watching
Feb 27 USAID workers clear out belongings after mournful final visit to agency under federal guard By Gary Fields, Eileen Knickmeyer, Associated Press U.S. Agency for International Development workers who've been given 15 minutes to clear out their workspaces as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency have begun arriving at their Washington headquarters. Continue reading