What is USAID? What it does, who it helps, and why Donald Trump wants to close it - Explained
USAID is the primary provider of US foreign aid, working in over 130 countries. It supports programs addressing health, ...
Rubio says El Salvador has offered to accept deportees from US of any nationality
Rubio arrived in San Salvador shortly after watching a U.S.-funded deportation flight with 43 migrants leave from Panama for ...
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Former USAID official criticizes Trump, Musk over agency changes
Former USAID Global Health director Dr. Atul Gawande criticized the Trump administration’s plan to merge the United States ...
Ex-USAID official says potential closure is 'extinction-level event' for global aid
ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former lead official at USAID, ...
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Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID
The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk moved to eradicate the agency that provides crucial aid that funds education and fights starvation, epidemic and poverty overseas, sparking a ...
Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after U.S. aid frozen
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first ...
Live updates: China hits back as U.S. tariff takes effect; USAID finds itself under new leadership
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced he's launching his state's own Division of Government Efficiency, a reference to the Musk ...
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‘Radical Lunatics’: Rubio Named Acting USAID Head
It’s been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out,” Trump told reporters about USAID after he deplaned at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, per the pool report. Rubio notified ...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze could prove to be a boon for the world’s authoritarian strongmen
When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate ...