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Even for people who study international development, it’s been hard to understand all the ways U.S. cuts have impacted the ...
Roughly 4,600 USAID employees will officially be terminated by September of this year as the agency restructures to fall in line with President Trump's "America First" policies.
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering the ...
Termination notices sent by billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutting team to U.S. Agency for International Development staff were ...
The abrupt freezing of the Payne Fellowship, a key pipeline for underrepresented Americans in USAID’s foreign service, has ...
The agency notified Congress of its plan to discontinue any USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration ...
When the Trump administration gutted USAID, it also abruptly canceled — "for convenience" — a fellowship that served as a ...
Each year, thousands enroll in U.S. undergrad and grad programs hoping to break into aid or development work. But with the domestic job market struggling, what does that mean for these institutions?
Andrew Natsios, USAID administrator during the George W. Bush administration, said crucial public health and anti-terrorism ...
“Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission ... order the return of hundreds of U.S. Foreign Service officers working for the agency abroad, and shut off the funding pipeline for ...
During the presidential campaign last year, Donald Trump said he wanted Elon Musk to head a Department of Governmental Efficiency, find wasted money and eliminate it. Musk has clearly taken to the ...
Elon Musk's team, which is working to cut government costs, is finalising plans to completely shut down the U.S. Agency for ...