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Trump, Musk and USAID

What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained

The United States Agency for International Development 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 his campaign promise of "America First" policies.

The Conversation on MSN · 4h

Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is all about strategic interests

The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced international development aid.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Congress is quiet as Trump and Musk take the ax to federal agencies

President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.

USAID Has Big Impact Across the Globe

The Associated Press on MSN · 12h

What Is USAID and What Impact Does It Have Across the Globe?

The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

From Fighting Disease to Protecting the Amazon Rainforest, USAID Has Big Impact Across the Globe

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats

The Washington Post · 1d

USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication

Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International Development running while reviewing how money was being spent. But he said the government received no cooperation and employees were acting in “contravention” and “insubordination.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Rubio Says ‘Insubordination’ Inside USAID Forced Sweeping Action

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had to take a hardline approach toward the US Agency for International Development because of resistance and “insubordination” by some of its staff toward efforts to conduct a more orderly review of its global programs.

CNN · 1d

Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a staunch supporter of its mission while in the US Senate, reversing his views only recently as President Donald Trump and his allies have moved to dismantle the agency.

Trump puts USAID staff around world on leave

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Trump puts USAID staff around the world on leave

Thousands of Americans who work for the U.S. Agency for International Development around the world will be placed on leave by Friday night, and those overseas ordered to return to the U.S., according to a notice from the Trump administration.

The Washington Post · 1d

Trump administration pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

The Trump administration says it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide

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USAID cut dramatically as officials address 'stunning and irresponsible' changes

Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel as USAID staff in the U.S. and overseas rush to ...

USAID Paying for Politico Is a Nontroversy

Conservatives and libertarians are correct to draw attention to all sorts of reckless spending within the federal government.

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First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have ...

‘Spreading atheism’: Vance warns religious efforts abroad ‘corrupted’ by US bureaucracy amid USAID controversy

Vice President JD Vance slammed the U.S. government's previous promotion of atheism on the world stage while addressing the ...

‘Newborns and mothers will both be very sick and many will die’: Dismantling of USAID halts orders for R.I. company

The Trump administration is targeting an aid agency that funds customers of Maternova, which makes and distributes medical ...

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USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave starting Friday

A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all ...

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House Republicans push to reroute frozen USAID funding into deporting illegal immigrants

A group of House GOP Trump allies is pushing for frozen foreign aid funding to be rerouted to deporting illegal immigrants.

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