Trump, USAID and foreign assistance

USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its southern African bureau, Bloomberg News said on Monday.
Trump administration seeks SCOTUS relief from $2 billion ‘pay-or-else’ USAID foreign aid order
The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to cancel a lower court order for the government to immediately pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance grant money.
Trump admin cutting more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts: docs
The Trump administration plans to eliminate roughly $60 billion in foreign aid spending and terminate 92% of grants issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The figures were included in a State Department memo detailing the results of a 90-day review of US foreign aid ordered by President Trump.
Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
Senior USAID administrator placed on leave after warning of barriers to lifesaving aid
A senior USAID official was ousted after sharing a memo telling staff that people would needless die and national security would be massively impacted by the agency's failure to disburse "life-saving" foreign assistance.
USAID official put on leave after sending memo critical of Trump, DOGE
A USAID senior official was placed on leave, after sending a warning about what could come from Trump’s freeze on foreign aid and firings.
Senior USAID official put on leave after memo contradicting Rubio on aid
A top U.S. International Agency for Development (USAID) official has been put on leave after he released a memo that slammed the Trump administration’s moves to cut aid and said they will cause “preventable death.
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an ...
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump ...
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The new guy in charge of USAID doesn't believe in foreign aid
The new deputy director of foreign aid at the U.S. State Department who is effectively overseeing what’s left of the USAID is ...
Foreign aid groups ask US Supreme Court to require Trump to release funds
Foreign aid organizations asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to require President Donald Trump's administration to ...
Foreign Aid Groups Fight for Release of $2 Billion in USAID Funds at Supreme Court
The high court is considering whether to vacate a lower court order requiring the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
Foreign aid recipients face crises after funding terminated, USAID workers fired
Foreign aid organizations are in turmoil after the Trump administration cut several million dollars of funding and fired ...
Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments
Lawyers for the government had said it would miss a deadline to release more than $1.5 billion in payments for past aid work ...
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses judge’s order for Trump admin to pay foreign aid contractors by midnight
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has paused a federal judge’s order that required the Trump administration to pay out ...
USAID scrutiny highlights the good, bad of foreign spending
President Donald Trump’s near-abolishment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has sparked debate over ...