US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of ...

The TAS Act aims to modernize the IRS, has bipartisan support and open for public comment until March 31, 2025.

President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian ...

The unprecedented pause and potential elimination of many U.S. foreign assistance programs, announced in President Trump’s ...

Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act and Kennedy set up USAID as an independent agency in 1961. USAID has outlived the Soviet Union, which fell in 1991. Today, supporters of USAID argue that ...

USAID’s history dates to passage of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [PDF] and President John F. Kennedy’s decision to unify several foreign assistance programs under one agency. For more ...

Additionally, the Prompt Payment Act penalizes the U.S. Government for delayed payments ... have praised the decision to abruptly pause U.S. foreign assistance.

While some believe the agency is in serious need of reform and oversight, others worry a vacuum of U.S. engagement could ...