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Trump, Musk and USAID

What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained

The United States Agency for International Development is the world's largest foreign aid agency. Trump had already ordered a global freeze on most U.S. foreign aid as he moves to fulfill his campaign promise of "America First" policies.

The Conversation on MSN · 9h

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 international development aid.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Congress is quiet as Trump and Musk take the ax to federal agencies

President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.

USAID Has Big Impact Across the Globe

The Associated Press on MSN · 17h

What Is USAID and What Impact Does It Have Across the Globe?

The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

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 from congressional Democrats

The Washington Post · 1d

USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication

Trump puts USAID staff around the world

Reuters · 7h

Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say

President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.

POLITICO on MSN · 2d

Trump puts USAID staff around the world on leave

Thousands of Americans who work for the U.S. Agency for International Development around the world will be placed on leave by Friday night, and those overseas ordered to return to the U.S., according to a notice from the Trump administration.

BBC · 1d

USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday

The move is the latest in a concerted effort by the Trump administration to shut down the US international aid agency.

USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency: report

An internal chart of the employee breakdown shared by a former USAID global health director also notes that only 21 people ...

justthenews2h

Tyler O’Neil: USAID’s abuse of foreign aid has left the public ‘flabbergasted’

Signal Senior Editor Tyler O’Neil says the sorts of international projects funded by the United States Agency for ...

USAID Paying for Politico Is a Nontroversy

Conservatives and libertarians are correct to draw attention to all sorts of reckless spending within the federal government.

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First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have ...

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USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt 'unconstitutional and illegal' cuts

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions ...

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Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International ...

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Rep. Tom Tiffany: USAID was the ‘ultimate grift’ at the expense of the taxpayer

Representative Tom Tiffany (R-WI) says it’s important for DOGE to continue to expose the recipients of foreign funding from ...

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Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at ...

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Former USAID official Mark Moyar says ‘corruption’ at agency ‘subverted’ Trump White House

Former USAID official Mark Moyar details his experience dealing with 'corruption' and instances of government waste on ...

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