If, on January 19, 2025, a day before Donald Trump’s inauguration, you had asked foreign aid experts, “does the US Agency for International Development (USAID) need reform?” most would have readily ...

20, almost all of USAID's workers have been placed on administrative leave and up to 50% of its employees have been terminated, according to Chuang's ruling. Chuang issued a preliminary injunction ...

Since taking office, the president and his allies have accused USAID of improperly spending taxpayer dollars on unnecessary programs overseas. But they have consistently misrepresented those projects.

Fresh off his role as Undersecretary of State in the new Trump administration, Ambassador Tibor Nagy reflects on moves and changes we've seen so far.

The suspension of American assistance has disrupted most humanitarian and development aid programs, with a particularly ...

A State Department spokesperson confirmed that the WFP programs had been restored, telling CNN that “while they have been reinstated, the State Department and USAID intend to work with WFP to ...

It's unclear what effect the ruling will have on USAID operations. Administration officials have said that more than 80% of its activities have been halted. The Trump administration criticised ...

Such restoration may prove temporary, however, and it’s not clear whether any of the canceled USAID contracts will be reinstated.* The cuts have been fast and sweeping. “We spent the weekend ...

Maryland US District Judge Theodore Chuang imposed a preliminary injunction, ordering the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees at USAID, including those who ...

Locals could be targeted by their own governments for having worked with USAID, for instance. They also have to worry about scammers taking advantage of the chaos roiling US federal agencies.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the 3,214 USAID contracts listed on DOGE's website contain no information other than the total contract value and the amount DOGE claims to have saved by canceling them.