Trump, USAID

USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list. Here's where the foreign aid agency spends its money.
USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could reduce wasteful spending, Republicans say.
Sen. Graham backs Trump's push to dismantle USAID despite past support for foreign aid
President Donald Trump's administration remains deadset on dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development.
How Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze Is ‘Shaking the Whole System’
J ames Akot has three goats. He shares them with his wife, his mother, three younger siblings, and two of his cousin's children, in a household in Northern Bahr el Ghazal in South Sudan. The crops Akot's family planted were washed away in the floods last year, the fourth and worst flood in the region in four consecutive years.
What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump, Musk want to end it
President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas.
US foreign aid programs face major restructuring under Trump
New administration envisions new direction for 64-year-old US Agency for International Development — one more aligned with the ‘national interest’
The Cost of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Debacle
An overzealous effort at reforming the U.S. Agency for International Development will dismantle programs that enhance U.S. security, save lives, and boost United States’ image around the globe.
Trump's USAID Reform Causes Alarm As Musk Weighs In On Foreign Aid
Donald Trump’s administration has taken aim at USAID in a series of moves that could spell the end of the United States’ main foreign-aid entity.
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts 'Catastrophic,' Says Global Catholic Charity Arm
The Roman Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm sharply criticized President Donald Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid on Monday, saying his plans to end funding for relief agency USAID will have a "catastrophic" impact in the developing world.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Has Created Chaos. Here Is What to Know.
Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.
Evangelical leaders turn on Trump over 'damaging and wasteful' foreign aid cuts
Some evangelicals on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with one leader calling the move “damaging and wasteful.” As Business Insider reports,
Foreign aid groups in Quebec face fallout from Trump's USAID cuts
A U.S. foreign aid agency is being stripped down to its bare bones by President Donald Trump’s administration, and the cuts are having a direct impact on Quebec-based organizations.
Most Americans support U.S. foreign aid — even some Republicans
Exclusive: New poll shows that most Americans want the U.S. to continue providing aid abroad — even a quarter of Republicans.
US aid freeze paralyzes NGOs working to help millions of internally displaced people in Somalia
In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under ...
Forced leaves start for thousands at USAID under a Trump plan to gut the foreign aid agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forced leaves began in Washington and worldwide Friday for most employees of the U.S. Agency for ...
Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners
The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the ...
Republican who ran USAID under Bush calls dismantling it 'madness' as Trump, Musk cut nearly all staff
Since the end of World War II, the United States has remained a global power through foreign policy defined by what retired ...
US-funded Cuban media in limbo after Trump orders USAID closed
Some U.S.-funded media outlets that report on Cuba are seeking alternative sources of financing while the Trump ...