5 days ago · What’s going on with USAID? On his first day in office Jan. 20, Trump implemented a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance. Four days later, Peter Marocco — a returning political appointee from Trump’s first term — drafted a tougher than expected interpretation of that order, a move that shut down thousands of programs around the world and forced furloughs and layoffs.

1 day ago · It’s the opposite, said Primorac, who authored a chapter on overhauling USAID in Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for Trump’s second term. USAID’s “green energy agenda” locked ...

1 day ago · People hold placards outside the USAID building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut ...

6 days ago · The USAID website went offline on Saturday afternoon amid a push by the Trump administration to bring the independent aid agency under the direct control of the State Department. Trump’s recent ...

5 days ago · Trump is a long-term critic of overseas spending and has said it is not a valuable use of taxpayer money. He has singled out USAID for particularly strong criticism.

1 day ago · When Donald Trump took office as president Jan. 20, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was the world’s largest foreign aid organization, with a staff of more than 10,000 ...

1 day ago · Susan Reichle, a former senior USAID career officer who worked at the agency under five presidents, says that this targeting of the agency parallels the first Trump administration: "There was a ...

5 days ago · Trump is a long-term critic of overseas spending and has said it is not a valuable use of taxpayer money. He has singled out USAID for particularly strong criticism.

5 days ago · What does USAID do and why are Musk and Trump so critical of it? Read on for more information. What is USAID? USAID is the international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government, ...

1 day ago · Trump Calls Directly for Closure of U.S.A.I.D. The president’s demand to end the U.S. Agency for International Development came as the vast majority of the agency’s employees were expecting to ...