Dismantling of USAID
Explore the implications of Trump's sweeping budget cuts to the world's top humanitarian agency, impact on 130 recipient countries, law suit, and influence of Elon Musk
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- USAID official warns of toll Trump's foreign aid cuts will have - Axios 03.03.25 478509
- Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding - NPR 25.02.25 458918
- USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security - The Conversation 25.02.25 478504
- ‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia - Guardian 21.02.25 458123
- How will Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAid affect millions around the world? - Guardian 20.02.25 458011
- Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn - Guardian 20.02.25 457974
- Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific? - Guardian 17.02.25 457323
- Human Rights, Healthcare Disrupted in Eastern Europe With USAID Funding Freeze - IPS 17.02.25 457364
- Afghan Refugees, Among Others, Feel the Impact of USAID Funding Freeze - IPS 16.02.25 457363
- What Trump’s Evisceration of USAID Feels Like on the Ground - Inside Climate News 15.02.25 457386
- Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy - Pro Publica 15.02.25 457379
- Across the world, conservation projects reel after abrupt US funding cuts - Mongabay 14.02.25 457394
- A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding - Think Global Health 13.02.25 461356
- Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk - Guardian 13.02.25 458637
- Shutting Down USAID Threatens to Endanger World’s Poorer Nations - IPS 13.02.25 457179
- Trump’s assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia - Al Jazeera 13.02.25 456900
- Chaos, Harassment, and Unpaid Bills: Inside Elon Musk’s War on USAID - Mother Jones 13.02.25 457157
- Judge orders Trump administration to restore funds for foreign aid programs - Politico 13.02.25 457375
- USAid cuts sow feeling of betrayal among Yazidis, 10 years after IS genocide - Guardian 13.02.25 458652
- USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency - CNN 12.02.25 478329
- Elon Musk Targets Programs for 'Poorest Children on Earth' While Getting Billions in Federal Contracts - CD 12.02.25 457818
- The Demise of USAID: Few Regrets in Latin America - Pressenza 12.02.25 457252
- USAID and NGOs for Narrative Control and War - Glenn Diesen 10.02.25 456756
- Trump’s dismantling of USAID means billions in unspent aid now lack oversight - PBS 10.02.25 456200
- In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law - Pro Publica 09.02.25 456237
- Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid - BBC 08.02.25 456197
- How Elon Musk dismantled USAid — and what it really means - The Times 08.02.25 456201
- US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS - UN News 07.02.25 456941
- US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say - Guardian 07.02.25 478508
- Dismantling of USAID leaves no staff to process aid waivers, sources say - Reuters 07.02.25 456195
- Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from gutting USAid – as it happened - Guardian 07.02.25 456206
- Why is the Trump administration targeting USAID? - NPR 07.02.25 456214
- Lawsuit seeks to halt dismantling of USAID - Devex 07.02.25 456204
- USAID could slash staff to hundreds after placing most on leave - BBC 07.02.25 456236
- Video: Why is Trump pulling the plug on USAID? - Al Jazeera 07.02.25 456238
- What is USAID and why is Trump poised to 'close it down'? - BBC 07.02.25 456239
- Trump's attacks on USAid spark fear that lifesaving care will become 'transactional' - Intercept 06.02.25 457168
- Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid - Guardian 06.02.25 456199
- USAID was dismantled so fast one fired employee had to be REHIRED to process time sheets - Independent 06.02.25 456234
- Investigating Trump’s Illegal Effort to Dismantle USAID - American Oversight 05.02.25 456208
- USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America - AP News 05.02.25 478506
- What cutting USAID could cost the U.S. and how China, Russia may benefit - NBC 04.02.25 478503
- The implications of a USAID shutdown - Brookings 04.02.25 456202
- America Can’t Just Unpause USAID - Atlantic 04.02.25 456207
- Congressional Office Says Trump Has No Authority to Dismantle USAID - CD 04.02.25 456212
- U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker KFF 04.02.25 461350
- What is USAID, and how central is it to US foreign policy? - Al Jazeera 03.02.25 478505
- Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction." - CBS 03.02.25 478497
- Moves to Dismantle USAID Threaten US Rule Of Law - Center for International Policy 03.02.25 456235
- Dismantling without a merger: How Trump and Musk undermined USAID - Devex 03.02.25 456210
- Dismantling USAID could have 'deadly consequences for millions' — Oxfam 01.02.25 456211
- From Ukraine to Uganda, Trump’s aid freeze endangers millions - Open Democracy 31.01.25 456951
- Video: Where does U.S. foreign aid go and does it make an impact? - PBS 07.01.25 478507