A career official tried to undo Trump’s purge at USAID. He was then purged, too.
A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign ...
US aid agency is in upheaval during foreign assistance freeze and staff departures
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid to countries overseas, with ...
Letter to the editor: Foreign aid should promote U.S. interests
Among the highly debated executive orders President Trump has signed since beginning his second term, the decision to halt $1.7 billion in unauthorized foreign aid payments for 90 days is perhaps the ...
Trump Administration Makes Unsupported Claim About $50 Million for Condoms to Gaza
President Donald Trump said his administration blocked $50 million for condoms to be sent to Gaza through its pause on ...
D.C. plane crash live updates as search for victims continues in Potomac River; no survivors expected
Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.
US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors
The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear ...
Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is not, in the scheme of things, a big part of the federal government. It ...
Chaos and uncertainty swirl around Trump’s foreign aid freeze
President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all ...
US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump cuts are sending shockwaves through the region
CHISINAU – President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving ...
How nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
President Donald Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid on Jan. 20, 2025, the day he took office for the second time. The next day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stop-work order that for 90 ...
FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas
President Donald Trump claimed that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy ...