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USAID: What is the government agency and how is its closure affecting the globe?
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the centre of political turmoil since the Trump administration announced it wanted to shut it down. The move all but ends a six ...
Experts warned USAID's gutting would give China room to replace the US. Now, it's happening.
China could look to sectors that it already leads — like agriculture and public health — in places like Southeast Asia, South ...
Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher
All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, ...
Marco Rubio Announces Major USAID Cuts
"After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83 percent of the programs at USAID," Rubio said, marking what appears to be a triumph for Elon Musk's DOGE.
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Trump Plans to Shutter USAID. Here’s What That Could Mean for Higher Ed.
The USAID grant awarded in 2021 to Hughes’s lab ... and prime contracts are derived from actions cataloged on usaspending.gov. The obligation amounts associated with these assistance programs ...
Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely ...
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
Rubio’s social media post Monday said that review was now “officially ending,” with some 5,200 of USAID’s 6,200 programs eliminated. Those programs “spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did ...
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Disease outbreaks and starvation deaths will increase as a result of USAID cuts, officials say
According to the government website ForeignAssistance.gov, the U.S. disbursed around $72 billion in foreign aid in the year ending Sept. 20, 2023 — the latest year with up-to-date data.