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Sen. Joni Ernst: USAID Is a Rogue Agency
It dodges congressional questions about money that went to sex traffickers and the Wuhan virus lab.
As USAID Is Crushed, There Are Prospects—But Major Limits—For Private-Sector Action
Especially in vulnerable places, “aid is the only large-scale capital option.” Still, private capital may now be an essential ...
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NPR's global correspondents report on the effect of USAID's humanitarian funding cuts
Correspondents in Kyiv, Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Mexico City give examples of the effects of the Trump administration's gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
As President Donald Trump's administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major ...
Confusion, tears and 'Hunger Games' at USAID as agency prepares to go dark
"We feel like it's closing time at the store and we're the ones left to turn off the lights," one career official told ABC ...
Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs
In Washington, many conservatives are cheering the Musk-led DOGE’s gutting of USAID as an example of how it is possible to use rough-and-tumble tactics to rapidly wind down an entire federal agency, ...
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As USAID Faces Shutdown, Links to Terrorists and Warnings Ignored May Have Sealed its Doom
USAID's links to terror groups including Hamas -- and a failure to heed warnings about these links -- may have sealed its ...
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, false and misleading information is being pushed on social media to support the change, much of it spread ...
The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
Sen. Joni Ernst warns of ‘willful sabotage’ at USAID, cites millions in funding for Wuhan lab, terrorists and more
The embattled US Agency for International Development has engaged in “willful sabotage of congressional oversight” over ...