How Christian Groups Are Responding to Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
Since the inauguration, the incoming Administration has imposed spending freezes and stop-work orders on a wide swath of American foreign-aid enterprises. Funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—which,
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing nations, but also for US foreign policy.
Foreign aid freeze results in mass layoffs that could ‘crash’ the industry
Thousands of U.S. workers in the foreign development field are being furloughed or laid off, as the industry coffers run dry.
Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze leaves Pacific organisations scrambling
US-funded aid organisations across the Pacific say they're scrambling for answers following US President Donald Trump's executive order to freeze US Aid funding for 90 days.
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 waste and block what he derides as “woke” spending that doesn’t align with American interests.
‘Catastrophic’ layoffs hit foreign aid groups amid Trump admin funding freeze
Thousands of U.S. workers in the foreign development field are being furloughed or laid off, as the industry coffers run dry.
Trump’s Freeze on Foreign Aid Will Make Diseases Surge
President Trump’s sweeping spending freeze on U.S. foreign aid has immediate health consequences, writes Gavin Yamey.
How Trump's federal aid freeze endangers people with disabilities
As a judge in Washington, D.C., considers further halting the Trump administration's freeze on federal funds, a new court filing shows the human cost.
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How ending foreign aid could damage U.S. national security
The Trump Administration is halting all foreign aid and dismantling the United States Agency for International Development, ...
U.S. aid void puts pressure on Europe, where some also turn inward
The sudden USAID freeze unleashed chaos for aid groups, but European governments cannot replace the sheer scale of U.S.
UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze
The U.N. refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds ...
Trump’s demand that aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas
USAID staffers worldwide are scrambling for answers and starting to pack up households or pull their children from school.
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Foreign dictators rejoice as Elon Musk takes wrecking ball to U.S. foreign aid: report
Reports from the New York Times and Axios show that Elon Musk's decision to take a wrecking ball to the U.S. Agency for ...
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How USAID Damages U.S. Relations With Foreign Countries
An American studies professor in the country of Georgia, wrote a open letter explaining how USAID is damaging U.S. relations ...
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The US aid freeze in data: How will UN agencies be affected?
The United Nations has gathered data on how agencies will be affected by the U.S. aid freeze. We break down the impact.
Australia makes gender equality key to foreign policy and aid
Gender equality will become central to Australia's foreign policy, diplomacy, trade and aid programmers under a new ...
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in ...