Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid. By Edward Wong ...

The US system for monitoring global famine, FEWSNET, which is used throughout the world, has also been shut down amid the Trump administration’s aid freeze. “USAID has been a cornerstone of ...

USAID has provided more than $2.1 billion in aid to Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. International aid organizations are warning that humanitarian efforts in Gaza would be severely impacted if the U.S ...

The purge follows more than a week of mayhem inside USAID, Washington's primary agency funding billions of dollars' worth of life-saving aid globally. President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on ...

On Monday, Jan. 20, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and "consistency with ...

Trump and congressional Republicans say much of foreign aid and development programs are wasteful. They single out programs they say advance liberal social agendas. The fear of even tougher ...

Agency in crisis: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said Monday that he was now the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal humanitarian aid agency ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is the world's largest foreign aid agency. Trump had already ordered a global freeze on most U.S. foreign aid as he moves to fulfill ...

China has its own “belt and road” foreign aid program worldwide operating in many countries that the U.S. also wants as partners.Critics say the programs are wasteful and promote a liberal ...

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Monday that President Trump agreed the United States Agency for International Development should be shut down. It was unclear whether that heralded the ...