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I was furloughed from my global public health job due to the USAID freeze. Foreign aid makes the US safer and stronger.
American soft power is threatened as USAID pauses programs, says Kirsten Weeks, a global public health leader with over 25 ...
Foreign Affairs Dems press Rubio on Burma earthquake response, USAID cuts
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and 18 other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed the Trump administration to ...
DOGE Staffer Appointed as Acting Head of US State Dept Foreign Assistance Office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's ...
Pete Marocco, Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID, abruptly leaves State Department role
In his time in the post, Marocco worked alongside Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but also clashed ...
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U.S. human rights law likely violated in $6M payment for El Salvador prison, experts say
The spokesperson said the U.S. is engaged with El Salvador through foreign assistance to address unauthorized migration ...
Trump-Appointed Official Who Oversaw Dismantling of USAID Leaves State Department
(Reuters) - Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who oversaw the closure of the U.S. Agency for International ...
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As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
Critics have warned that President Donald Trump’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid ... $2 million in aid through Myanmar-based humanitarian assistance organizations. The embassy also said that a ...
Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Jeremy Lewin asked to restore awards to the World Food Programme in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia ...
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As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
Laura Meissner had worked as a contractor for USAID since 2010 and specialized in humanitarian assistance ... of the cascading impacts of the U.S. foreign aid cuts. On the latest episode of ...
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Self-reliance as solution to foreign aid withdrawal
While foreign assistance has, for decades, supported critical sectors such as health, education, and governance, the sudden halt or reduction of these partnerships has left a void that many ...
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As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
are developing a variety of initiatives to stand in the breach left by the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid. Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition ...