12 hours ago · Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out; ... USAID has outlived the Soviet Union, which fell in 1991. Today, supporters of USAID argue that U.S. assistance in countries counters Russian and Chinese influence. China has its own “belt and road” foreign aid program worldwide operating in many ...

18 hours ago · Democrats are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempt to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease. ... USAID staffers said more than 600 additional employees had reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received ...

16 hours ago · The White House said 606 USAID employees had been put on administrative leave and 791 personal service contracts were terminated for a projected savings of $128 million.

18 hours ago · USAID is a key soft power tool of the US to foster relations with communities around the world, officials say, noting that US national security is approached with the “three D” pillars ...

17 hours ago · Democrats push back. Lawmakers sought to enter USAID offices in Washington, saying they wanted to speak to any staffers remaining about the dismantling of the agency. Department of Homeland ...

14 hours ago · Seven-year-old Sajad - whose family were displaced after flooding in Pakistan - is among the millions who have been helped by USAID The future of the US government's main overseas aid agency has ...

14 hours ago · The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was set up in the early 1960s to administer humanitarian aid programmes on behalf of the US government around the world.

15 hours ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio has empowered a top official at the State Department to run the U.S. Agency for International Development and begin reviewing all of the work done by the government ...

8 hours ago · The agency’s funding accounts for a tiny portion of the federal budget, but its structure may have made it an easy target for Trump-era cost-cutting. By Noah Weiland and Stephanie Nolen The ...

2 days ago · A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The website for the U.S. Agency for International Development went ...