CNN15d
A media start-up was granted USAID funds. It still hasn’t been paid
After being approved for USAID funding, the show’s co-founders discovered that the agency’s money never cleared — and now the Trump administration is caught in a legal battle to dismantle USAID.
Devex16d
Has USAID spending been cut by less than we thought?
Figures from the Center for Global Development, based on leaked lists of terminated and retained programs, place USAID spending cuts at around 34% — way lower than estimates based just on the ...
Knoxville News Sentinel17d
Knoxville scientist laid off at USAID says DOGE is 'not just about DC.' It truly hits home
Jay Gulledge came to Knoxville to lead a division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before joining USAID as a climate policy advisor. He was terminated from the foreign aid agency on Feb. 19 as ...
The Harvard Crimson17d
Federal Judge and Harvard Overseer Theodore Chuang Finds Trump’s USAID Purge Was Likely Unconstitutional
In a 68-page opinion issued on Tuesday, Chuang — an Obama appointee — ordered the White House to restore former USAID employees’ access to government email, security systems, and payment ...
National Catholic Register17d
Could Cuts to USAID Present an Opportunity to Counter Ideological Colonization Linked to Foreign Aid?
She notes that the cuts to USAID were “abrupt and without warning,” but stresses that the agency has long promoted anti-Catholic values, naturally impacting the ethos of Catholic charities ...
The Forward17d
What Jews around the world stand to lose from the shuttering of USAID
offers stable learning environments for children in Ukraine, Israel and New York. It too is imperiled by the dismantling of USAID. Though the agency has been controversial at times, as historians ...
The Verge18d
DOGE stranded USAID workers with laptops full of sensitive data
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs ...
Hindustan Times18d
Who is Theodore Chuang? Judge rules Elon Musk's DOGE-led USAID shutdown was likely unconstitutional
US District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that Elon Musk's DOGE likely violated the US Constitution in their attempt to shut down USAID. US District Judge Theodore Chuang on Tuesday issued an ...
Al Jazeera English18d
Judge says Musk and DOGE ‘likely violated’ constitution in USAID shutdown
Judge Theodore Chuang issued the preliminary ruling on Tuesday, in response to a complaint filed by 26 employees and contractors for the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Devex18d
After decades of progress, USAID cuts could blind the world to famine
The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID threatens the international system for forecasting and tracking extreme hunger. That could lead to deadlier famines. For decades, the U.S. Agency ...
Rolling Stone18d
‘We Will Pay in Lives’: The Devastating Cost of Dismantling USAID
On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution “in multiple ways” when they fired thousands of USAID employees and attempted to shutter the agency ...