DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says
A senior official at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for ...
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USAID: What is the government agency and how is its closure affecting the globe?
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the centre of political turmoil since the Trump administration announced it wanted to shut it down. The move all but ends a six ...
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If USAID contractors fold, staff retirement plans will disappear too
As USAID funding dries up, many employee-owned contractors face bankruptcy, putting workers' jobs, health insurance, and retirement savings at risk. As over 80% of U.S. Agency for International ...
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Donald Trump's USAID cuts damaging humanitarian operations on Ukraine's front line
Under Russian assault, support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had been more essential than ever. Image: Oleksiy Kliuiev runs the Sumy branch of volunteer organisation ...
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I’m head of an NGO in Kenya. The shutoff of USAID support has been devastating
The sudden dismantling of USAID means lives are being disrupted, and people with few resources who need lifesaving medicine are scrambling to make new plans. CFK Africa works in slums throughout ...
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Johns Hopkins laying off more than 2,000 workers after dramatic cut in USAID funding
“This is a difficult day for our entire community. The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work here in Baltimore and internationally ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal5d
K-State ag research projects ended after DOGE cuts off USAID funding
K-State received stop-work orders in late January, which led to a pause in USAID grant-funded research. "In late February, many stop-work orders became grant terminations, pausing or suspending ...
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"2 million dead by the end of the year": Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children
In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have been fighting for the restoration of key programs, like those that ...
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Judge won't block destruction of old USAID classified documents as the building is cleaned out
The documents don’t appear to be related to the ongoing court battles over the near-dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found as he refused to ...
The Straits Times5d
Unions retract motion to block USAID document shredding after Trump administration assurances
The unions, which are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its rapid dismantling of USAID, had asked a judge for an order blocking the destruction of documents after agency staff ...
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How USAID Makes People Homeless In Serbia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) played a pivotal role in shaping a legal system in post-socialist Yugoslavia (later Serbia) which exacerbated homelessness and ...