What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained
Elon Musk said he is feeding USAID thorugh the wood chipper. The federal agency provides disaster relief across the world and promotes democracy.
What is the USAID? Elon Musk says President Trump agreed to shut down the federal agency
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.
Ex-administrators of USAID defend agency targeted by Trump
They said weakening USAID would be “to the benefit of neither political party and the detriment of all Americans.” The Trump administration has questioned some of the programs
What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it
In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development
What Is USAID, the Foreign Aid Agency Trump Is Targeting?
President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have launched a full-frontal assault on the United States Agency for International Development. Pending a review, he’s ordered a pause to all US foreign aid — with some exceptions — and Musk has threatened to shut down the independent government agency entirely,
What is USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.
First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency
Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from across Republican and Democratic ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction"
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating the agency is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans ...
Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency
Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at ...
USAID workers scramble for answers after President Donald Trump pulls almost all of them off the job worldwide
U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or take children out of school under a sudden ...
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'Thank you for your service': Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave
In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on ...
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Protesters rally against Trump's stop-work order for USAID
USAID and nonprofit workers gathered near the Capitol in D.C. to protest Elon Musk's efforts to shut down the aid agency with ...
Marco Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praising ...
Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praising ...
Musk says United States Agency for International Development to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive
Elon Musk, leading the federal cost-cutting panel, announced plans to shut down USAID, describing it as 'beyond repair.' The U.S., as the world's largest single donor, disbursed $72 billion in aid in ...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze could prove to be a boon for the world’s authoritarian strongmen
When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate ...