Trump administration says it's cutting $60 billion in USAID foreign aid contracts
The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S.
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Trump cuts nearly $60 billion in foreign aid grants and contracts
For 60 years, the United States has believed that foreign aid in the form of international grants to provide food, medical care and other humanitarian aid would stabilize the chaotic world. In a ...CBS News - 4h -
Trump administration eliminating 90 percent of USAID foreign aid contracts
President Trump’s administration is eliminating over 90 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) foreign contracts along with $60 billion in global aid worldwide, multiple ...The Hill - 16h -
Trump's ending of 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts slams programs around the world
Health groups and non-governmental organizations have expressed surprise and outrage and say many humanitarian programs will collapse after the Trump administration’s decision to cut 90% of USAID’s ...ABC News - 15h -
Trump administration hasn't complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says
The Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order pausing the freezing of foreign assistance grants and contracts, a federal judge ruled.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Judge orders Trump administration to pay bills to foreign aid contractors
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary restraining order on Feb. 13 that ordered the State Department and USAID to restore foreign assistance funds.CBS News - 2d -
Judge orders Trump administration to quickly release stopped up foreign aid
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has less than two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid after determining it failed to comply with a previous court order to ...The Hill - 2d -
Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Unfreeze Foreign Aid
The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.The New York Times - 2d -
Supreme Court delays deadline for Trump administration to pay $1.9B in foreign aid
Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order Wednesday night, has stayed a lower court order that the administration pay out $1.9 billion by midnightABC News - 1d -
Trump administration frees up billions in federal aid for Pennsylvania: Shapiro
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said the Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze more than $2 billion in state funding he claimed was unlawfully withheld, in part citing his recent lawsuit ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says
All but handful of agency’s personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers. The Trump administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAid ...The Guardian - 4d -
Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid
The Justice Department filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court Wednesday asking to block a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in blocked ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump administration guts USAID humanitarian office, despite pledge to save its work
Dozens of officials in USAID's humanitarian aid bureau have received termination notices, despite prior assurances that its humanitarian services would be preserved.ABC News - 3d -
Thousands of USAID workers terminated by Trump administration
United States Agency for International Development workers received 15-minute windows to vacate their offices after most staff members were terminated by the Trump administration. CBS News' Aaron ...CBS News - 10h -
2,000 USAID staff to be cut, others put on administrative leave
The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning Monday at midnight, according to a notice ...The Hill - 4d -
Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense | Halima Begum
At the height of the cold war, the west advanced its soft power through aid and development spending. If we cut that now, who will fill the vacuum?. Halima Begum is the chief executive of Oxfam ...The Guardian - 1d -
Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce
A federal judge paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers from their jobs.NBC News - 6d -
Judge 'dissolves' order preventing Trump administration from overhauling USAID
A federal judge moved to "dissolve" a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from hollowing out the U.S. Agency for International Development.ABC News - 6d -
The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
The Trump administration said that it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave.NBC News - 4d -
Along Thai-Myanmar border, Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid is deadly
Despite a pledge that life-saving assistance would be exempt from the USAid freeze, countless groups providing critical care have been forced to stop work. Wah K’Ler Paw, a 30-year-old refugee from ...The Guardian - 2d -
Supreme Court blocks order for Trump to release $2B in foreign aid
The Supreme Court has blocked a judge’s order that the Trump administration release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funds. It comes as President Donald Trump held his first cabinet where Elon Musk ...NBC News - 17h -
Trump administration has hours to unfreeze foreign assistance funding
The Trump administration has until midnight Wednesday to restore funding for foreign assistance programs. A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a last-minute attempt by the administration to keep the ...CBS News - 1d -
The Influence of Foreign Aid
America is losing a diplomatic tool the government has relied on for decades.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump administration cuts some election security workers
There have been sweeping changes at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is tasked with protecting the U.S. from foreign meddling in elections. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.CBS News - 2d -
USAID cuts are just the start of Trump, Musk plan to slash agency spending
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) appears to be the beginning of President Trump's efforts to instill massive cuts across federal agencies. CBS News' ...CBS News - 13h -
Trump administration resumes legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
Groups like Acacia and Kids in Need of Defense called the stop-worker "devastating."ABC News - 6d -
Trump administration restores legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children
A stop-work order had been issued to government-funded attorneys to cease counsel for about 26,000 minors. The Trump administration has rescinded its decision to cut off legal aid for ...The Guardian - 6d -
Judge continues to block Trump administration's freeze on federal aid
U.S. District Judge Loren Alikhan sided with a group of nonprofit organizations, saying that a freeze on federal assistance "may be crossing a constitutional line."CBS News - 2d -
Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids
Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health service. US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has terminated its ...The Guardian - 13h -
Some small businesses are on the brink after Trump's spending cuts affect contracts
"My company has been left behind," one small business founder said.ABC News - 1d -
U.S. aid cuts will "deepen the suffering" in Sudan, front-line doctor says
A doctor battling to save lives amid Sudan's "forgotten war" tells CBS News he can't understand Mr. Trump's aid freeze, but Sudanese people will suffer for it.CBS News - 2d -
This is a hard choice. We believe in foreign aid – but we have to make cuts. We must keep the UK safe | David Lammy
Putin’s Russia is a threat to all Europe, including the UK. Vital aid work will be hit as we spend more on defence, but we must deal with the world as it is. There are moments in history when ...The Guardian - 2d -
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave
President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.CBS News - 6d -
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 - Feb. 19 -
Live updates: Trump praises Musk at first Cabinet meeting; DOGE panel dissects foreign aid
President Trump is convening his first Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk in attendance , while Congress is working to enact his agenda.The Hill - 1d -
Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the ...The Hill - 1d -
Autodesk says it’s cutting 9% of its workforce, and shares rise
Design-software developer Autodesk Inc. on Thursday said it would cut around 9% of its workforce, or around 1,350 employees, amid a bigger effort to prioritize cloud services and artificial ...MarketWatch - 4h -
Trump administration pushes on with government cuts amid some signs of pushback
NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Melanie Zanona report on new firings in the federal government as some House Republicans are confronted ...NBC News - 6d -
State Dept. says some life-saving efforts spared from massive USAID cuts
The State Department said it would keep funding life-saving treatments for diseases like HIV, malaria and tuberculosis while ending over 90% of its contracts.CBS News - 4h -
Trump-Putin summit preparations underway, Russian foreign minister says
The U.S. offered a draft U.N. resolution that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow's forces from Ukraine.CBS News - 5d
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