The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue today: Defunding USAID.

Especially in vulnerable places, “aid is the only large-scale capital option.” Still, private capital may now be an essential ...

President Trump is racing to shut down the agency, declaring it a waste of money and run by “lunatics.” But experts warn this ...

As President Donald Trump's administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major ...

As the Trump administration moves to disband USAID, the scope of university research it has historically supported needs to ...

The conservative manifesto largely praises USAID's humanitarian work and does not call for it to be dismantled.

False and misleading social media posts are circulating online as the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency ...

Project 2025, the conservative governing playbook produced by veterans of the first Trump administration, has an entire ...

In 2019 then-President Trump signed a memorandum launching a new "Women's Global Development and Prosperity" Initiative aimed ...

Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

Records now reveal that both Melania and Ivanka used thousands of dollars from USAID to fund their pet projects during the ...