What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it
In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Trump’s Freeze on Foreign Aid Will Make Diseases Surge
President Trump’s sweeping spending freeze on U.S. foreign aid has immediate health consequences, writes Gavin Yamey.
USAID website goes offline in Trump administration's 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration's two-week-old funding freeze of U.S. foreign aid and development funding.
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’
Inside the Chaos, Confusion, and Heartbreak of Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and "consistency with U.S. foreign policy." The order got less attention than some of the others he signed that day but may have much more far-reaching effects.
Fighting over USAID: Your guide to America’s foreign aid battle
The fight over America’s main foreign aid agency has suddenly become front-page news, with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk pushing to shut it down while Democrats argue they can’t. Here’s what yo
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
Dozens more USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency
The Trump administration over the weekend put on administrative leave dozens more staff at U.S. Agency for International Development.
What is USAID, the foreign assistance agency the Trump administration wants to shut down?
Learn more about what USAID is and how it works after Department of Government Efficiency leader Musk says he and Trump are hoping to shut down the federal agency.
What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why President Donald Trump and Elon 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 that has left aid
Funding freeze thrusts foreign aid groups into crisis
Development organizations that program and deliver billions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid warn they may have to shut ...
Trump Administration Severely Disrupts U.S. International Health Aid
Beyond a halt to USAID activities, senior officials at the agency have been placed on administrative leave while Trump and ...
Trump’s aid freeze shocks a Syria camp holding families linked to the Islamic State group
The U.S. freeze comes as IS tries to take advantage of the vacuum created by the fall of Assad’s government in early December ...
US foreign aid is supposed to serve American interests, says Marc Thiessen
Special Report' panelists Marc Thiessen, Brit Hume and Olivia Beavers discuss DOGE’s efforts to shut down USAID and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau striking a deal with President Donald Trump ...
Ukraine's human rights commissioner on the importance of U.S. aid
Ukrainian officials are reeling from the Trump administration's pause on all U.S. foreign aid programs. Ukrainian Parliament ...
Boston-based aid organization calls Trump administration shutdown of USAID ‘intentionally harmful’
Trump is “recklessly throwing away” USAID's experience and "strategic focus on saving lives," the CEO and president of Oxfam ...
South Africa hits back at Trump’s claim that it is ‘confiscating land,' as US aid to country threatened
The South African president has hit back at President Donald Trump for claiming the government is "confiscating" land.
Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping ...