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Trump, Musk and USAID

What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained

The United States Agency for International Development is the world's largest foreign aid agency. Trump had already ordered a global freeze on most U.S. foreign aid as he moves to fulfill his campaign promise of "America First" policies.

The Conversation on MSN · 2h

Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is all about strategic interests

The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced international development aid.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Congress is quiet as Trump and Musk take the ax to federal agencies

President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.

USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave

Reuters · 1h

Trump administration keeping only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say

President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.

abc7NY · 2h

USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave starting Friday

A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all USAID staffers who are on foreign assignment.

The Washington Post · 1d

Trump administration pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

The Trump administration says it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide

USAID Has Big Impact Across the Globe

The Associated Press on MSN · 10h

What Is USAID and What Impact Does It Have Across the Globe?

The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

From Fighting Disease to Protecting the Amazon Rainforest, USAID Has Big Impact Across the Globe

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats

The Washington Post · 1d

USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication

Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International Development running while reviewing how money was being spent. But he said the government received no cooperation and employees were acting in “contravention” and “insubordination.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Rubio Says ‘Insubordination’ Inside USAID Forced Sweeping Action

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had to take a hardline approach toward the US Agency for International Development because of resistance and “insubordination” by some of its staff toward efforts to conduct a more orderly review of its global programs.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department.

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First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have ...

USAID Paying for Politico Is a Nontroversy

Conservatives and libertarians are correct to draw attention to all sorts of reckless spending within the federal government.

‘Spreading atheism’: Vance warns religious efforts abroad ‘corrupted’ by US bureaucracy amid USAID controversy

Vice President JD Vance slammed the U.S. government's previous promotion of atheism on the world stage while addressing the ...

‘Newborns and mothers will both be very sick and many will die’: Dismantling of USAID halts orders for R.I. company

The Trump administration is targeting an aid agency that funds customers of Maternova, which makes and distributes medical ...

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Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at ...

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House Republicans push to reroute frozen USAID funding into deporting illegal immigrants

A group of House GOP Trump allies is pushing for frozen foreign aid funding to be rerouted to deporting illegal immigrants.

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