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Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency's former building
Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed ...
USAID head is considering criminal referrals over agency spending concerns. Here's what wasteful government spending means for American taxpayers
Trump's battle against wasteful government spending. Trump wasted little time addressing the country’s alleged wasteful ...
Marco Rubio Is Now Serving as Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, U.S. Archivist and Head of USAID — All at Once
After the removal of Mike Waltz as national security adviser, Marco Rubio now has four different roles in Donald Trump's ...
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As Boko Haram threat grows, USAID cuts cripple the economy and the response
Maiduguri, the former urban base of Boko Haram, has been revived. The new hotels, the streets choked with traffic, the ...
From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID
A researcher at Boston University is keeping tabs on deaths likely caused by dismantling U.S. foreign aid programs ...
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Former USAID employee opens up about mass layoffs
A month after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a San Diego-based former employee is speaking out.
Funding restored for one of USAID's agricultural research labs at Kansas State
After DOGE cut USAID funding for agriculture research at Kansas State University, Sen. Jerry Moran helped restore funding for ...
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“Pointed Cruelty”: A Former USAID Worker on Cuts, Life After Layoffs, and Trump’s First 100 Days
How have the wild initial months of Donald Trump’s return to the White House landed on Washington? We asked the people who ...
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USAID wiping and disposing devices; Navy Secretary terminates IT contracts, grants amid DOGE drive
The agency’s IT desk said employees will not have to return the gear, which will be remotely wiped and marked “disposed.” ...
Gutting of USAID leaves agricultural research at land grant universities dangling
US Agency for International Development funds financed many forms of university ag research. Now the money is gone, and so is ...
Support centers for Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community forced to shut as Trump administration dismantles USAID
The metal gates are padlocked now at the Parichaya Samaj center that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and supports the queer ...
USAID cuts felt far outside Washington, D.C.: "Layoff trauma hit across the country"
Close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — lost their jobs as the Trump administration took steps to shutter USAID.