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- Story3posts2sourcesThe Hill
Trump budget would eliminate numerous development agencies
The new amount is lower, but will still help the World Bank get close to its goal of raising $100 billion for IDA by leveraging countries' contributions, sources…
❝This fulfills the President’s promise to no longer dole out foreign aid dollars with no return on investment for the American people,
- Story6posts2sourcesThe Independent
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
Each year on April 18, the anniversary of the 1983 bombing at the U. S. Embassy in Beirut that took the lives of her father and 62 others, a persistent sense of…
CathyYou feel like you were recognized as a country for trying to do the right thing and trying to help, and in fact, contributing lives and resources to help people…
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
- Story70posts10sourcesANTARA News
Indonesian USAR finds two more bodies in Myanmar earthquake aftermath
Cameras showed Vietnam's team on arrival, marching square-shouldered to the rescue behind their country's flag.
❝It hurt my heart to see where, instead of a USAID... team leading the response, there was a team from the PRC that was being celebrated for having saved some…
In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, U. S. rescuers are notable by their absence
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
- Story7posts2sourcesInternational Business Times
Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Warn US Tariffs Imperil Quake Recovery
In contrast, the United States Agency for International Development sent a three-member delegation to evaluate the devastation wrought by a magnitude 7.9…
Marcia WongThis team is working incredibly hard, focused on getting humanitarian aid to those in need. To get news of your imminent termination — how can that not be…
- Story18posts6sourcesFinancial Times
Donald Trump floats China tariff relief in exchange for TikTok sale approval
China Will Decide TikTok’s Fate in America
Scott Kennedy (comedian)The administration has threatened tariffs against China for so many different reasons that it is impossible for Beijing to judge the value of slightly lower…
Trump says China could get tariff relief if it approves TikTok deal
'Ridiculous': Lawmakers pan Trump plan to tie TikTok to tariff relief
- Story8posts3sourcesReuters
Palau, escaping Trump tariffs, says strong US good for Pacific
Surangel Whipps Jr.What Palau sees as important is a strong United States that's able to continue to be strong, is good for Palau and good for the planet,
- Story30posts5sourcesThe Independent
DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds
Created by Congress in 1974 as a private nonprofit corporation, LSC provides funding for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
❝DOGE staffers Nick Cavanaugh and Justin Aimonetti informed us of its plan to assign a DOGE team to the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) as part of its larger plan…
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
DOGE dodges discovery
- Story9posts2sourcesXinhuaNet
Feature: U. S. aid freeze deepens suffering among Somalia's internally displaced
One of these is Somalia, where conflict has been raging since the collapse of its government in 1991.
❝We are doing everything possible to find new partners,
- Story11postssourcePolitico
Rubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown
Leah GreenbergPeople understand that if [the administration] can get away with this, it’s the end of due process for everyone,
Playbook: Postcard from El Salvador
- Story32posts10sourcesLe Monde
After Myanmar earthquake, citizens step in amid army's absence
Cameras showed Vietnam's team on arrival, marching square-shouldered to the rescue behind their country's flag.
❝It hurt my heart to see where, instead of a USAID... team leading the response, there was a team from the PRC that was being celebrated for having saved some…
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
U. S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
- Story3posts2sourcesGlobal Times China
China continues to support post-quake recovery efforts in Myanmar: Chinese Embassy
The United States is facing criticism that it has abandoned Myanmar as the civil war-torn country struggles to recover from a deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake.
- Story22posts10sourcesThe Hill
Trump official who led efforts to dismantle USAID exits State Department
President Donald Trump's administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has slashed…
❝Pete was brought to State with a big mission to conduct an exhaustive review of every dollar spent on foreign assistance,
Trump Official Who Oversaw Closure of USAID Has Left State Department
Trump official who oversaw closure of USAID, has left State Department, WSJ reports
- Story27posts7sourcesThe Hill
PBS president: Trump’s proposed funding cut would ‘devastate’ network
PBS CEO Paula Kerger is sounding the alarm about the negative impact it would have if Congress pulled federal funding from public broadcasting as the White House…
❝There’s nothing more American than PBS, and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress,
White House to Ask Congress to Rescind Funding From NPR and PBS
White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department
- Story6posts2sourcesChina Daily
Quake-hit Myanmar could do with aid much more than tariffs right now
❝The C-130 will allow us to deliver necessary medical goods and equipment more swiftly and certainly,
SDF plane to transport medicines to quake-hit Myanmar
- Story38posts13sourcesThe New York Times
Trump Administration Cuts Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep
The United States had initially cut funding for projects in more than a dozen countries, part of a dramatic reduction of foreign aid led by billionaire Elon Musk's…
Tammy BruceThere were a few programs that were cut in other countries that were not meant to be cut, that have been rolled back and put into place,
Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
- Story17posts7sourcesDeccan Herald
Musk's Team Issues Error-Ridden USAID Firing Notices, Sources Reveal
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Elon Musk is set to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for good, with all…
❝This is definitely the final closing out,
Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say
All local workers, US diplomats to be fired from USAID, sources say
- Story4posts3sourcesAsianet Newsable
Soros-funded Bengaluru firm received Rs 8 crore from USAID, ED probes FEMA violations: Report
The development relates to the alleged foreign exchange violation case against US billionaire George Soros-founded 'private funding agency' OSF and its investment…
Bengaluru-based company funded by Soros got Rs 8 cr from USAID, ED says: Report
- Story11posts3sourcesThe Independent
As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
Thousands of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees will be terminated by September as the Trump administration restructures…
❝We want to make it a meaningful enough sum that it’ll make a real difference in their ability to buy groceries, pay medical bills, pay the rent or mortgage, or…
This Is Why Conservatives Turned Against Foreign Aid
- Story9posts2sourcesDeccan Herald
China's Aid Dominates Myanmar Earthquake Response Amid US Absence
The US has sent a three-person team to Myanmar to help respond to the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, in a move criticised as “weak and irrelevant” by a former aid…
❝It just makes the US look, frankly, kind of weak and irrelevant to most of the other countries that have shown up in force to support the people of Myanmar,
Trump admin sending three USAID staffers to Myanmar to help with earthquake relief
