The Daily Star16d
Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid to perform in Dhaka
Mustafa Zahid, the voice behind "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta Purana" from the 2007 Bollywood film "Awarapan", remains a favourite among music enthusiasts in Bangladesh. He later lent his ...
Knoxville News Sentinel18d
Knoxville scientist laid off at USAID says DOGE is 'not just about DC.' It truly hits home
Jay Gulledge came to Knoxville to lead a division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before joining USAID as a climate policy advisor. He was terminated from the foreign aid agency on Feb. 19 as ...
Bloomberg L.P.18d
USAID Ruling May Be Beginning of the End for Musk
Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People." A ...
The Harvard Crimson19d
Federal Judge and Harvard Overseer Theodore Chuang Finds Trump’s USAID Purge Was Likely Unconstitutional
In a 68-page opinion issued on Tuesday, Chuang — an Obama appointee — ordered the White House to restore former USAID employees’ access to government email, security systems, and payment ...
National Catholic Register19d
Could Cuts to USAID Present an Opportunity to Counter Ideological Colonization Linked to Foreign Aid?
She notes that the cuts to USAID were “abrupt and without warning,” but stresses that the agency has long promoted anti-Catholic values, naturally impacting the ethos of Catholic charities ...
The Daily Beast19d
Top DOGE Official Promoted to Leadership Role at USAID
Jeremy Lewin was named USAID’s deputy administrator for policy and programs—and will become the agency’s chief operating officer. Breaking News Intern Jeremy Lewin, a senior official in Elon ...
The Verge19d
DOGE stranded USAID workers with laptops full of sensitive data
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs ...
CNN20d
Federal judge says Elon Musk exceeded his authority and that dismantling USAID was ‘likely’ unconstitutional
“The court finds that Defendants’ unilateral actions to shut down USAID likely violated the United States Constitution,” said Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the US District Court in Marylan ...
dw20d
USAID shutdown likely unconstitutional, federal judge says
A US federal judge blocked Elon Musk and DOGE's attempt to shut down USAID, citing constitutional concerns. Trump said his administration would appeal the ruling ...
Al Jazeera English20d
Judge says Musk and DOGE ‘likely violated’ constitution in USAID shutdown
Judge Theodore Chuang issued the preliminary ruling on Tuesday, in response to a complaint filed by 26 employees and contractors for the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Rolling Stone20d
‘We Will Pay in Lives’: The Devastating Cost of Dismantling USAID
On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution “in multiple ways” when they fired thousands of USAID employees and attempted to shutter the agency ...
Devex20d
After decades of progress, USAID cuts could blind the world to famine
The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID threatens the international system for forecasting and tracking extreme hunger. That could lead to deadlier famines. For decades, the U.S. Agency ...