Trump, Foreign Aid

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, in line with the administration's "America First" stance.
Funding freeze thrusts foreign aid groups into crisis
Development organizations that program and deliver billions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid warn they may have to shut down.
Inside the Chaos, Confusion, and Heartbreak of Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and "consistency with U.S. foreign policy." The order got less attention than some of the others he signed that day but may have much more far-reaching effects.
Trump administration memo tells USAID to put "America First" in reviewing foreign aid
The Trump administration urged U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump’s “America First” policy.
US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors
The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear almost a week on, as officials and aid workers overseas try to make sense of which activities must be suspended.
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 and allies make more moves to wrest control of USAID
The move by the Trump administration comes as billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
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.
USAID Website Appears To Be Offline As Trump Administration Reportedly Moves To Put It Under State Department Control
The Trump administration is reportedly moving to strip the agency’s independence and place it under State Department control, according to multiple news outlets.
Trump: USAID ‘run by a bunch of radical lunatics’ after reports of merger with State Department
President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after recent news reports that he is considering merging the agency with the State Department.
Trump administration removes more USAID staff as agency faces uncertain future, CNN reports
The Trump administration removed two top security officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) over the weekend after they attempted to prevent representatives from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing restricted areas,
A career official tried to undo Trump’s purge at USAID. He was then purged, too.
A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign ...
Aid groups get blanket order to pause U.S.-funded programs as payments dry up
The U.S. Agency for International Development has told all aid groups to immediately pause all U.S.-funded programs "until ...
Opinion
Opinion: Don’t freeze humanitarian aid, expand it
The administration should support our great American tradition of humanitarianism, which is our best tool for peace.
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Devex Newswire: USAID freeze means thousands of DC layoffs, says DT Global CEO
Up to 3,000 development professionals in Washington, D.C., could lose their jobs by next week as aid organizations try to ...
Hundreds of USAID internal contractors put on leave, terminated amid US freeze on global aid
By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of internal contractors working for the ...
As humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of Trump’s foreign aid halt, Rubio issues new waiver
Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden ...