USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths -- only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave.
Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
Trump admin cutting more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts: docs
The Trump administration plans to eliminate roughly $60 billion in foreign aid spending and terminate 92% of grants issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The figures were included in a State Department memo detailing the results of a 90-day review of US foreign aid ordered by President Trump.
USAID workers say goodbye to headquarters as Trump drastically cuts foreign aid
U.S. Agency for International Development workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington on Thursday to collect their personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump's administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency's aid contracts.
Foreign Aid Groups Ask US Supreme Court to Require Trump to Release Funds
Foreign aid organizations asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to require President Donald Trump's administration to promptly pay them for work they already performed for the government, as a federal judge had ordered.
Foreign aid groups ask Supreme Court to leave in place judge's order that they get paid
Foreign aid groups say the Trump administration shouldn't get a reprieve in resolving the emergency situation it created when it froze foreign aid.
Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID
We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.
Global health, AIDS groups tell Supreme Court to keep USAID funds unfrozen
Global health and AIDS prevention groups told the Supreme Court on Friday that it should not reverse a federal court order that protects them from “financial turmoil” from the Trump administration’s freeze on funding from the U.
US lawmaker moves to impeach federal judge for blocking Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze
US Congressman Andy Ogles sought to impeach US District Judge Amir Ali on Thursday after the federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift the 90-day pause on all foreign aid. This action
Contractors urge Supreme Court to hold Trump accountable after he cuts off foreign aid
Despite court orders and pleas from contractors, the Trump administration is fighting to keep the payments paused.
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an ...
Foreign aid recipients face crises after funding terminated, USAID workers fired
Foreign aid organizations are in turmoil after the Trump administration cut several million dollars of funding and fired ...
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump ...
UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts
The move comes after southern Africa was hit by its worst drought in decades last year. It put 27 million people in danger of ...
World Food Prize Laureate Urges A Rethink Of Foreign Aid Amid Cuts
Foreign aid is shrinking. Lawrence Haddad calls for a rethink of foreign aid, urging smarter investments, leveraging private ...
Lefty Labour MPs organising rebellion against Keir Starmer's foreign aid cut plans
Despite mass public support for the policy, left-wing Labour MPs plan on launching a rebellion against the Prime Minister.
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses judge’s order for Trump admin to pay foreign aid contractors by midnight
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has paused a federal judge’s order that required the Trump administration to pay out ...
USAID scrutiny highlights the good, bad of foreign spending
President Donald Trump’s near-abolishment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has sparked debate over ...