So, he and other laid-off USAID workers decided to do something. They began vetting projects being carried out by USAID partner organizations, which had abruptly lost their funding earlier this year.

Although it’s commonly assumed to be much higher, foreign aid is just 1% of federal spending, so cutting it won’t begin to balance the budget. So instead, Trump and Musk attacked USAID by ...

ProPublica uncovered a previously unreported request where federal agents spelled out their suspicions that Bukele might have diverted USAID funds to MS-13 as part of the secret deal.

The White House has proposed $9.4 billion in total cuts. That translates into a $8.3 billion cut from USAID and $1.07 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds NPR ...

For decades, USAID spearheaded a program called the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to drive down mortality and eliminate malaria in 30 of the hardest-hit nations, most of which are in Africa.

The termination of all remaining USAID staffers abroad is one of the last steps in the destruction of the U.S. aid agency and the firing of its more than 10,000 staffers and contractors by the Trump ...

Does US law allow Trump to send troops to LA? In the first two weeks of the Trump administration, DOGE largely dismantled the work of more than 10,000 USAID employees worldwide. All but 15 staffers ...

(I technically still work at USAID, but with the Trump administration’s elimination of the agency, we’re counting down the days we have left. A large portion of USAID will be RIF’d, or ...