Trump, foreign aid

How Trump’s Dismantling of USAID Will Affect Foreign Aid
The Trump administration has dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, eliminating the vast majority of the agency’s programs while preparing to fold the remainder into the State Department.
Judge will not order Trump administration to restore canceled foreign aid contracts
A federal judge on Monday declined to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants that have been canceled since the president took office, though he found that the administration must speed up payments of close to $2 billion for already completed work.
A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump administration slashed foreign aid.
US judge orders Trump admin to pay portion of $2B in foreign aid by Monday
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay at least a portion of the nearly $2 billion in owed foreign aid for previously completed projects by 6 p.m. Monday.
Judge orders release of certain owed foreign aid payments
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to release foreign aid payments owed under certain existing contracts but stopped short of staving off mass contract cancellations that
Judge orders USAID payments to some foreign aid groups by Monday
Judge Amir H. Ali set a noon Friday deadline for the Trump administration and aid organizations to clarify how much more the groups are owed.
Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
More than 220,000 people have been trafficked to Southeast Asia and forced to scam people around the world. Funding cuts to ...
US foreign aid orgs say they are owed more than $671 mln by Monday deadline
U.S. foreign aid organizations suing President Donald Trump's administration over its freeze of nearly all foreign aid ...
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End the foreign aid scam
I have long favoured the complete elimination of the foreign aid industry but failed to make much headway in persuading my ...
How foreign aid cuts are setting the stage for disease outbreaks
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
Mises Institute1d
Foreign Aid, Reparations, and Economic Growth
History has shown that prosperity is built through economic freedom and self-reliance—not through perpetual financial ...
Mother Jones2d
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Cut Off Funds for Severely Malnourished Toddlers
In Afghanistan, where millions are starving, the France-based NGO Action Against Hunger operates clinics treating severely ...
NI charity slams Elon Musk for supporting ‘cruel and inhumane’ cuts to US foreign aid
Children in Crossfire have suspended their X account in protest at Elon Musk’s support of cuts which they say will affect the ...
How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones
Soft power is the ability of nations, in this case the U.S., to use its appeal – and others’ affinity and often friendship toward it – to induce cooperation. In other words, it is a strategy to get ...