Trump, USAID

What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has made significant changes to the U.
Rubio Says He Now Runs Aid Agency, as Staff Are Blocked From Systems
The U.S. Agency for International Development is in crisis as workers report being locked out, adding to the growing sense that President Trump will dismantle the government’s lead humanitarian aid agency.
USAID Website Goes Dark Amid Trump Aid Freeze
Confusion is rife after Trump signed the Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid executive order freezing foreign aid as part of a reassessment of America's financial commitments abroad,
USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued amid President Donald Trump’s freeze on US-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.
More USAID Staff Ousted as Trump Administration Dismantles Aid Agency
Nearly 30 career staff in the agency's Legislative and Public Affairs bureau lost access overnight to their emails, the sources said, bringing the total number of senior USAID career staff who have been put on leave over the past week close to 100.
The future of USAID remains uncertain amid Trump's funding freeze
Just one week after the Trump administration initiated a near-total freeze of U.S. foreign aid, the future of the U.S.
Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMA
Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency ...
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 ...
How Trump's federal aid freeze endangers people with disabilities
As a judge in Washington, D.C., considers further halting the Trump administration's freeze on federal funds, a new court ...
Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid
Many Africans knew that Trump’s “America First” outlook meant their continent was likely to be last among his priorities.
Trump executive orders leave colleges wondering about future of federal aid
Trump's executive orders, which target programs that utilize DEI practices, could have major ramifications for Worcester ...
New head of Jersey Overseas Aid agency announced
A former United Nations worker has been appointed as the executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid. Edward Lewis served as ...
Aid is surging into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping?
An Egyptian policeman stands in front of trucks of humanitarian aid at a parking point in Cairo, Egypt, as they wait to ...
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 ...