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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- What Is the Trump Administration Doing With Foreign Aid Money? - ProPublica 07.08.26 521865
- Why militaries benefit from U.S. foreign assistance cuts - Good Authority 20.07.26 521433
- Video: Interview With USAID Whistleblower Nicholas Enrich - Revolving Door Project 01.07.26 519502
- Trillionaire Elon Musk’s Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger - CD 14.06.26 518396
- Podcast: Trump Destroyed USAID. Now People Are Dying. - Reveal 20.05.26 516818
- As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis? - DN! 18.05.26 516770
- ‘Children Are Dying’: Trump-Musk Gutting of USAID Helps Push Somalia to Brink of Famine - CD 15.05.26 516241
- USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives - The Hill 10.05.26 516261
- USAID Shuttered A Year Ago. Will Trump’s Trade Over Aid Replacement Actually Work? - Forbes 10.05.26 516262
- The Trump administration is trying to divert $2 billion in global health funding to pay for USAID shutdown - CNN 07.05.26 516259
- Trump Administration Diverts 2 Billion Dollars in Global Health Aid to Pay for USAID Shutdown - NBC Palm Springs 07.05.26 516260
- The Officials Who Dismantled USAID - Revolving Door Project 06.05.26 516777
- Why Ghana walked away from a US health deal - DW 29.04.26 514722
- The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad - NPR 29.04.26 514988
- The Trump administration has gutted US aid for family planning. Here’s how it’s impacting women overseas - CNN 24.04.26 514987
- ‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts - Guardian 18.04.26 514989
- Video: “Into the Wood Chipper”: Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die - DN! 16.04.26 514080
- Religious determinants of health and foreign aid cuts: no thank you for your inattention - BMJ 27.03.26 512137
- Why the expanded global gag rule is a deadly triple tripwire for recipients of US foreign aid - BMJ 25.03.26 512139
- John Oliver on Trump’s dismantling of USAID: ‘What this administration has done is beyond cruel’ - Guardian 09.03.26 514990
- One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 - CNN 04.02.26 507888
- International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better - The Conversation 16.01.26 507890
- A Young Child Could Die Every 40 Seconds by 2030 Due to ‘Cruel and Illegal’ Trump Aid Cuts - CD 15.01.26 505366
- What Americans lost in the dismantling of USAID - The Hill 08.01.26 507889
- US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts - Guardian 01.01.26 508700
- ‘Possible rise in maternal deaths’: How USAID cuts strand Malawi’s mothers - Al Jazeera 10.12.25 501476
- The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands - NewYorker 05.12.25 505719
- Women in low-income areas in Kenya face unsafe abortions due to USAID cuts - Open Democracy 02.12.25 505771
- The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands - New Yorker 05.11.25 497486
- The Trump administration says no one has died due to aid cuts. We went to the Taliban’s Afghanistan to investigate - Edition 23.07.25 483940
- The Trump administration claims no one has died due to US aid cuts. Our trip to Afghanistan suggests otherwise - CNN 22.07.25 481069
- Video: Humanitarian sector in crisis as USAID cuts force NGOs to prioritize needs - France24 21.07.25 481080
- ‘People who spent years saving lives are now struggling to survive’ – how we witnessed Trump’s USAID cuts devastate health programmes in Kenya - Conversation 18.07.25 482410
- US Senate approves cutting billions in foreign aid as Trump demands - Al Jazeera 17.07.25 481071
- US aid cuts could lead to millions more HIV/AIDS deaths by 2029, UN warns - Al Jazeera 10.07.25 481074
- USAID cuts predicted to have deep global impact, require urgent response - Vatican News 02.07.25 481082
- Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths - Guardian 01.07.25 478498
- Trump global aid cuts risk 14 million deaths in five years, report says - BBC 01.07.25 481081
- Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years - CNN 01.07.25 478501
- Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled - NPR 01.07.25 478500
- Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts - NPR 01.07.25 481072
- USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says - Reuters 01.07.25 481073
- USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say - NBC 30.06.25 478499
- Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030 - Lancet 30.06.25 478332
- These former USAID staff are working to match donors to urgent, lifesaving aid projects that had their funding slashed - CNN 22.06.25 478495
- US officially closes 83% of USAID programs - Kyiv Independent 11.06.25 473474
- Trump orders full scale cut of USAID's overseas workforce - First Post 11.06.25 473480
- With USAID gone, what’s next for Africa’s healthcare and healthtech industry? - Techcabal 11.06.25 473476
- Trump orders shutdown of USAID overseas operations - Annapurna Express 11.06.25 473483
- Rubio Orders Termination of Remaining USAID Overseas Staff - DN! 11.06.25 473475
- Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles in dramatic restructuring - Guardian 10.06.25 481083
- ‘The cartels and clans are ecstatic’: How USAID cuts have emboldened Colombia’s narcos - Telegraph 10.06.25 473484
- Rubio Orders Abolishment of USAID's Entire International Workforce - CD 10.06.25 473482
- USAID cuts threaten 'God's food,' made in Georgia for children in need - Reuters 10.06.25 473481
- US Secretary of State Rubio terminates all USAID positions abroad: Report - MEE 10.06.25 473478
- Special edition: Germany steps into the void USAID left behind - Devex 09.06.25 473477
- Musk’s Deadliest Legacy - OtherWords 04.06.25 473705
- Amnesty International warns of devastating consequences as abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid cuts threaten human rights globally - Amnesty International 29.05.25 481077
- Trump Cuts to Foreign Aid Leave Food Destined for Desperate Millions Rotting in Storage - CD 16.05.25 470803
- Children die after USAID funding cuts end lifeline for displaced communities fleeing violence - PBS 16.05.25 481078
- Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished - AP News 15.05.25 481075
- A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID - NPR 13.05.25 478496
- The End of US Aid to Afghanistan: What will it mean for families, services and the economy? - RW 10.05.25 481076
- The End of the Global Aid Industry - Foreign Affairs 05.05.25 467882
- Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official says - AP News 15.04.25 481070
- Trump's New Plan for Deep Foreign Aid Cuts 'Will Plunge Millions' Into Hunger, Disease - CD 15.04.25 466413
- How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV - Al Jazeera 11.04.25 464448
- Stepping up as global funding declines: NGOs replacing USAID - Borgen Project 10.04.25 465033
- USAID: the human cost of Donald Trump’s aid freeze for a war-torn part of Sudan - Conversation 10.04.25 464484
- South Sudanese children die as US aid cuts shutter medical services: NGO - Al Jazeera 09.04.25 464188
- Why Donald Trump’s decision to slash USAID is hurting American soft power and making the world less safe - Conversation 07.04.25 464214
- USAID programs in Ecuador - Borgen Project 05.04.25 465038
- USAID programs in Cameroon - Borgen Project 05.04.25 465039
- Trump administration notifies Congress of planned USAID reorganisation - Al Jazeera 28.03.25 463140
- 'Abhorrent. Evil. Indefensible.' Trump Cutting Vaccine Alliance Funds Could Kill 1.2 Million Children Worldwide - CD 26.03.25 462790
- More babies and mothers are dying in Afghanistan after USAID cuts, midwives say - NPR 25.03.25 481079
- Lack of US Aid and tuberculosis in Kenya - Borgen Project 23.03.25 462635
- Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis - UN News 21.03.25 462660
- How US Aid cuts impact global polio eradication efforts - Borgen Project 18.03.25 462643
- Congress passes Full-Year Continuing Resolution Bill, maintaining global health funding at prior year levels - KFF 18.03.25 461351
- 'Life-Threatening Catastrophe': Trump Gutting of USAID Halts Agent Orange Cleanup Work - CD 17.03.25 461801
- WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health - STAT News 17.03.25 461355
- How big is the hole? Suspension of US Aid in Ethiopia - Borgen Project 15.03.25 462646
- Trump’s USAID freeze must serve as a wake-up call for Africa - Al Jazeera 13.03.25 460888
- USAID budget slashed by 83%, and other top health stories - WEF 12.03.25 461357
- USAID official tells remaining staffers 'shred and burn all your documents - Politico 11.03.25 460599
- Trump’s USAID Cuts Will Have Devastating Impact on Global Climate Finance: Analysis - EcoWatch 11.03.25 460620
- NGOs must rethink their role in a shrinking aid landscape - New Int 11.03.25 460582
- USAID, what's next - 5 things to know - Politico 11.03.25 460587
- USAID in Sudan: What does the shutdown mean - Borgen Project 11.03.25 460502
- Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump - Al Jazeera 10.03.25 460323
- Former USAID head warns disease outbreaks could grow after cuts to agency - CBC 09.03.25 478502
- U.S. Humanitarianism Often Reproduces Inequality, But Killing USAID Is Wrong Answer - DN! 06.03.25 460615
- Video: U.S. Humanitarianism Often Reproduces Inequality, But Killing USAID Is Wrong Answer: Kathryn Mathers - DN! 06.03.25 460373
- Video: Leaked USAID Memos Warn 100,000s Will Die from Cuts to Polio, TB, Malaria, Ebola, AIDS Programs - DN! 06.03.25 460372
- The Life-Saving Programs Disappearing as a Result of the USAID Funding Cuts - U.S. News 04.03.25 459797
- World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts - Guardian 03.03.25 459779
- 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