How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without H.I.V. Treatment
President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.
How Christian Groups Are Responding to Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
Since the inauguration, the incoming Administration has imposed spending freezes and stop-work orders on a wide swath of American foreign-aid enterprises. Funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—which,
Head of NGO coalition says U.S. foreign aid freeze has been "devastating"
InterAction CEO Tom Hart sits down with Margaret Brennan to discuss the impact of the pause on foreign assistance. InterAction is a coalition of about 170 NGOs.
Trump’s freeze on HIV/Aids foreign aid is troubling news for the US — here’s why
Does America stand to lose anything if Pepfar disappears? What lies ahead for the US Agency for International Development? Are Trump’s executive orders even legal? Daily Maverick tackles key questions about the 90-day pause on US foreign aid.
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
One of the executive orders US President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance. The US Agency for International Development, USAID, was ordered to halt funding.
Sudan's civil war is starving thousands of children. Aid workers say Trump's aid freeze could cost more lives.
Sudan's civil war is starving millions of civilians, who rely largely on foreign aid that has come from the U.S. more than ...
IMF says it's too early to gauge impact of US foreign aid cuts, tariffs
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it is closely following developments in the U.S., including moves by the ...
Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...
U.S. aid void puts pressure on Europe, where some also turn inward
The sudden USAID freeze unleashed chaos for aid groups, but European governments cannot replace the sheer scale of U.S.
What Rubio told U.S. diplomats about the future of foreign aid, as most programs paused
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. diplomats behind closed doors about how foreign aid will be distributed by the Trump ...
Africa's top health official presses U.S. to for health aid to resume
Africa's leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U.S. aid ...
Los Angeles launches online wildfire relief tool to navigate government aid programs
The city of Los Angeles has launched an online tool to help people affected by recent wildfires by simplifying the task of ...