In 2025, Trump froze U.S. foreign aid and dismantled USAID, sparking debate on its impact; critics argue it harms global aid.
"I could not believe in the first instance that any human would suspend assistance, particularly life-saving assistance, ...
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development programs, has now formally ...
World Health Organization estimates show that emergency health services reached more than 80 million people in 2024 but more ...
A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID," details this dystopian dismantling, columnist John ...
The short-lived power struggle between Elon Musk and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has reached a grim ...
One study found Musk’s closing of the U.S. Agency for International Development could cause the deaths of millions of children.
To many in the country’s development sector, the sudden collapse of the U.S. aid agency felt “like an earthquake.” ...
The Trump administration’s decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 “entirely preventable” deaths, left the globe faltering in ...
The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave.
Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths ...