Trump, Foreign Aid

Trump's Foreign Aid Freeze Cuts Medical Care, Food for Thousands in Tijuana
The attacks on foreign aid come at a time when migrant shelters in Tijuana and other Mexican border cities could see increased need after Trump blocked asylum access at the southern border and aims to remove millions of people from the United States.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Has Created Chaos. Here Is What to Know.
Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Head of NGO coalition says U.S. foreign aid freeze has been "devastating"
InterAction CEO Tom Hart sits down with Margaret Brennan to discuss the impact of the pause on foreign assistance. InterAction is a coalition of about 170 NGOs.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
Trump’s freeze on HIV/Aids foreign aid is troubling news for the US — here’s why
Does America stand to lose anything if Pepfar disappears? What lies ahead for the US Agency for International Development? Are Trump’s executive orders even legal? Daily Maverick tackles key questions about the 90-day pause on US foreign aid.
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
One of the executive orders US President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance. The US Agency for International Development, USAID, was ordered to halt funding.
Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid
The spread of disease, as well as delays to the development of vaccines and new treatments, could be affected by cuts to ...
Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.
As humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of Trump’s foreign aid halt, Rubio issues new waiver
Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden ...
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‘It is chaos’: US funding freezes are endangering global health
Abrupt changes to programmes including USAID inhibit global efforts to stop disease such as HIV, malaria and more, say ...
How The Trump Presidency Is Already Affecting Public Health
It has been just over two weeks since President Trump took office, and there have been significant effects already on public ...
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US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand
(AP Photo/David Longstreath, File) BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S.
Treatment for HIV, AIDS in Haiti hit by U.S. foreign aid halt despite waivers from Rubio
When growing gang violence and the kidnappings of health care workers forced Haiti’s leading organization in the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related illnesses to relocate operations from its main site i ...
Canada calls USAID shutdown a ‘dangerous retreat’ for foreign aid
Nearly all employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development are being terminated as part of the Trump ...