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What is USAID, the US Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...
What is USAID, the foreign assistance agency Trump wants to shut down?
NBC News' Valerie Castro explains the work of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the impact it will have if President Trump succeeds in closing it.
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The future of USAID remains uncertain amid Trump's funding freeze
Trump administration officials are actively discussing placing USAID under the authority of the State Department, according to more than a dozen current and former officials and sources familiar ...
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Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down?
Five others close to the administration said they weren’t aware of specific plans but that USAID’s independence is definitely not guaranteed. All were granted anonymity because they weren’t ...
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USAID website goes offline in Trump administration's 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration's two-week-old funding freeze of U.S. foreign aid and development funding WASHINGTON -- The website of the U.S ...
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Democrats slam Trump over reports he’ll merge USAID with State Department
Democrats on Friday slammed President Trump over recent news reports that he is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department. “It is ...
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USAID website goes offline in Trump administration's 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
Congressional Democrats battled the Trump administration increasingly openly, expressing concern that Trump may be headed toward ending USAID as an independent agency and absorbing it into the ...
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USAID Website Appears To Be Offline As Trump Administration Reportedly Moves To Put It Under State Department Control
The USAID website appears to be down as of Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency ... [+] via Getty Images) USAID’s website, usaid.gov, displays a message stating the server ...
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A career official tried to undo Trump’s purge at USAID. He was then purged, too.
The initiative, started by USAID in 1985, tracks hunger across dozens of food-insecure areas including the Gaza Strip, Sudan, Yemen, Haiti, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
Congressional Democrats have battled the Trump administration increasingly openly, expressing concern that Trump may be headed toward ending USAID as an independent agency and absorbing it into ...
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USAID website goes offline in Trump administration's 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
Democrats say Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency, and that the work of USAID is vital to national security. Trump and congressional Republicans ...