President Donald Trump’s policies over the past six months have brought profound changes to the “research” part of the Research Triangle. What happened — and where does the region go from here?

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country ...

One out of every three ambassador-level nominees come from Florida, top campaign donors, Mar-a-Lago regulars and personal ...

Senate Democrats on Friday joined State Department employees in protest of the Trump administration’s decision to layoff ...

Tuesday marked the last day for USAID, the foreign aid program created by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 with help from a prominent Mainer.

USAID was one target of the funding cuts carried out by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but so were other, more openly ideological U.S. democracy promotion projects.

The reckless destruction of USAID is a travesty for those who want more efficiency in government, because DOGE’s methods and results discredited a rare opportunity to substantially cut red tape ...

USAID cuts are hitting global conservation projects hard The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated ...

Kelly McCorkendale, an Ozarks graduate who went on to serve in the Peace Corps and USAID, worries what the loss of the agency will mean for Americans.

A month after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a San Diego-based former employee is speaking out.

Close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — lost their jobs as the Trump administration took steps to shutter USAID.

After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID, and pushback from its allies, where are we today? Well, a lot of vituperation has built up in the system, with astonishingly little serious ...