Musk says United States Agency for International Development to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive
Elon Musk, leading the federal cost-cutting panel, announced plans to shut down USAID, describing it as 'beyond repair.' The U.S., as the world's largest single donor, disbursed $72 billion in aid in ...
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Red states pursue their own DOGE-style reforms
Numerous Republican-led states are seeking to implement measures to slash the size and cost of state governments in an effort to mirror the Trump administration’s Department of Government ...
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Trump to withdraw US from UN Human Rights Council, end funding for Gaza aid agency
Trump and Netanyahu will be a holding a joint news conference at the White House on Tuesday, Trump's first joint news ...
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Joni Ernst Says USAID ‘Abused The System,’ Agency Threatened Her For Seeking Transparency
Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst appeared Monday on Newsmax to say that members of the United States Agency for International ...
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Can our development sector sustain without foreign funding?
With the US and Switzerland halting their funding, Bangladesh’s development sector faces a challenge. This situation underscores the urgent need to minimise dependency on foreign aid and work towards ...
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UN agency says US waiver to help in continued supply of life-saving HIV treatment
Contractors and partners who work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) began receiving memos to stop work immediately, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
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National and International News in Focus: Feb. 7
Democrats fear it could lay the groundwork for a takeover akin to Musk’s attempt to close the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Democrats want details about DOGE’s work and vow to fight ...
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Trump administration explores bringing USAID under State Department, sources say
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is moving to strip a slimmed-down U.S. Agency for International ... countries with which the United States has no diplomatic relations ...
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Civil Society Organizations in Ethiopia Scramble for New Finance Sources As 'Abrupt' USAID Funding Freeze Threatens Jobs, Humanitarian Operations
Following the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) "abrupt" cessation of financial aid and assistance, the Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations Council called on the ...
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Trump administration memo tells USAID to put 'America First' in reviewing foreign aid
Ukrainian rescuers appear next to new equipment, which was provide by United States Agency for International Development before a press conference of the USAID Administrator Samantha Power during ...
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Musk says he is working to shut down USAID in government efficiency drive
began with Musk saying they were working to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). "It's beyond repair," Musk said, adding that President Trump agrees it should ...
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Trump Administration Explores Bringing USAID Under State Department, Sources Say
FREEZE ON FOREIGN AID Trump's freeze on most U.S. foreign aid has already upended the development ... agency under the State Department would be a "seismic shift." "This moves the United States ...