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Each year on April 18, the anniversary of the 1983 bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut that took the lives of her father and 62 others, a persistent sense of loss awakens in Cathy.
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The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, has funneled humanitarian aid to countries around the globe for over six decades. Today on the show, people familiar with USAID's ...
I remember growing up as a young child and seeing a logo on my dad’s car. The logo had a shield and a handshake — the symbol for the U.S. Agency for International Development or USAID. At the ...
The Trump administration has ended 83% of USAID’s humanitarian and development programs abroad — pulling all but a few hundred staffers off the job and shuttering the agency’s main office.
Approximately 2,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development will be laid off Sunday and a majority of the remaining full-time staff will be put on administrative leave overnight ...
Thousands of USAID employees learned this week that they would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday amid slashes to the federal workforce.
Former USAID Administrator under President George W. Bush, Andrew Natsios, joins Morning Joe to share his thoughts. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
Former federal employees who worked at U.S.A.I.D. headquarters had 15 minutes to get their belongings and leave on Thursday, leaving their futures uncertain.
“The programs that USAID and the State Department have spent money on are indefensible,” said Mast, highlighting spending on, among other things, $22 million to support the tourism industry in ...
Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's attack on USAID has sparked a widespread backlash, including from within his own party, as people speak out for the agency's mission and workers, as well ...
And by shuttering USAID, we are opening the door for adversaries to do the work in our stead. It is insane at every level. If Congress is not going to act to protect USAID, what options remain?