Trump's aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close
The Trump administration's abrupt freeze in foreign aid has closed health clinics offering free care in one of Syria's most vulnerable regions
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Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close
The Trump administration's abrupt freeze in foreign aid has closed health clinics offering free care in one of Syria's most vulnerable regionsABC News - Feb. 13 -
Western allies and Arab countries gather in Paris to discuss Syria's future amid US aid freeze
Western allies and Arab countries are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Syria to discuss the country’s future after the fall of former Syrian president Bashar Assad and amid ...ABC News - Feb. 13 -
Trump foreign aid freeze's impact on family planning
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump foreign aid freeze leaves lasting impact on family planning The Trump administration’s foreign aid ...The Hill - 1d -
Health officials warn Uganda Ebola outbreak will spread because of U.S. aid freeze
The Trump administration's foreign aid freeze is happening as a deadly Ebola outbreak spreads in Uganda. Some U.S. health officials are concerned that the situation will only worsen with USAID in ...CBS News - 6d -
Trump Funding Freeze Decimates Women’s Health Care, U.N. and Others Say
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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.The New York Times - Feb. 5 -
Trump's aid freeze will worsen Sudan famine and cost lives, workers say
Some of the humanitarian aid USAID provided went to the African nation of Sudan. For two years now, its people have been caught in the middle of a civil war between two warlords. Debora Patta got a ...CBS News - Feb. 5 -
Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze
Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
1st lawsuits targeting foreign aid freeze bemoan 'chaos' in Trump order
Several nonprofit groups are accusing the Trump administration of failing to disperse congressionally approved funds by freezing all foreign aid for 90 days.ABC News - Feb. 11 -
Trump’s foreign aid freeze exports misogyny, insults sexual violence survivors
Americans must speak out to challenge these regressive, dangerous moves, and call for the end to U.S. complicity in a global culture of impunity for sexual violence and inhumanity toward survivors.The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Trump ordered to temporarily lift USAid freeze and allow foreign aid funding
Judge challenges administration’s dismantling of US foreign assistance and sets five-day deadline to prove compliance. A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump ’s administration to temporarily ...The Guardian - 6d -
Pope's health a 'complex clinical situation', Vatican says
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Trump foreign aid freeze deals heavy blow to family planning efforts abroad
The Trump administration’s 90-day freeze on foreign aid has impacted family planning resources used by hundreds of thousands of women, girls and couples abroad, causing a number of health clinics ...The Hill - 5d -
South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment
In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patientsABC News - 3d -
Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a diseaseABC News - 17h -
Inside Cambodia: Impact of freezing US foreign aid
President Trump’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid spending is creating chaos around the world, as the stop-work order has a real-time impact on people’s wellbeing and America’s reputation. In ...NBC News - 5d -
Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block disbursements.The New York Times - Feb. 6 -
USAID employee describes "atmosphere of fear" amid foreign aid freeze
"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" host Margaret Brennan speaks with a USAID staffer about the Trump administration's pause on foreign assistance and the impact it has had on the industry. ...CBS News - Feb. 8 -
USAID worker blames 'stress and strain' of aid freeze for wife's pregnancy scare
A U.S. foreign service officer blamed the Trump administration's "cruel and harmful shutdown" of USAID for threatening the lives of his pregnant wife and unborn child.ABC News - 2d -
U.S. Waives Funding Freeze at Syria Camp Holding ISIS Fighters, but Future Is in Doubt
Upholding security at the camp in Syria is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, but contractors don’t know where they stand as the United States looks to cut foreign aid.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
The Trump aid gap
Heavy cuts to USAID have left the future of global development and health institutions in the balanceFinancial Times - 4d -
Trump is forcing Europe to a reckoning on Ukraine
The worst nightmare of leaders on the continent is a deal between Putin and the US president done over their headsFinancial Times - Feb. 11 -
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.The New York Times - Feb. 7 -
How Trump's stop-work order for USAID affects clinical trials and patients
After the Trump administration's stop-work order on research funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, dozens of clinical trials around the world have halted. New ...CBS News - Feb. 12 -
The Trump administration needs a Turkish-Syria policy right now
Turkish President Erdogan and his administration are negotiating with Syria's interim president to solidify its influence and control over the new Syrian government, potentially threatening ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
US aid freeze paralyzes NGOs working to help millions of internally displaced people in Somalia
In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun not sure if they can have access to food rations and ...ABC News - Feb. 11 -
Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean | Kenneth Mohammed
Trump’s orders will cause hardship but it could allow small nations to face up to their dependence on a coercive oligarchy. For generations, many in the Caribbean grew up believing that the United ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
A rapid-fire array of directives by the Trump administration have left farmers and businesses in rural America reeling.The New York Times - 5d -
Trump’s Plan to Remake the Federal Work Force
One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter ...The New York Times - Feb. 12 -
Donald Trump will force a fiscal reckoning on Labour
Past governments have broken tax promises as they weigh trade-offs against bigger imperatives and geopoliticsFinancial Times - Feb. 13 -
Trump: DOGE 'force of supergeniuses' will look at IRS
President Trump was asked by reporters about DOGE members arriving at the Internal Revenue Service. The president called the group a "force of supergeniuses" who were looking at cutting costs.NBC News - Feb. 13 -
Maher Knocks Trump’s Gutting of the Federal Work Force
“America is in shock that the guy whose catchphrase was ‘You’re fired’ is firing everybody in government,” Bill Maher said of President Trump on “Real Time.”The New York Times - 2d -
Steve Witkoff emerges as force in Trump's foreign policy
President Trump is leaning on Steve Witkoff, a longtime friend and real estate investor, to facilitate key aspects of his foreign policy, including high-profile ceasefire talks in Gaza and ...The Hill - 9h -
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed.The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
Trump’s tariffs wars and aid shutdowns are foolish and immoral
All of this madness will lead to increased famine, disease, suffering and economic instability, while handing geopolitical influence to China and Russia.The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa
South Africa is one of the latest countries President Trump has targeted since taking office. Last week, the White House issued an executive order completely cutting off financial assistance to the ...CBS News - 5d -
Aid groups tell judge that Trump's foreign aid pause has 'devastated' operations
A coalition of aid groups said at an emergency hearing Wednesday that the Trump administration's 90-day pause on foreign aid had already "devastated" their operations.ABC News - Feb. 12
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