Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
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Calls for probe mount over $2.8bn USAID spending in Nigeria
Several netizens have raised concerns and called for a systemic investigation into how USAID health funds allocated to Nigeria have been spent amid widespread dissatisfaction.The U.S. Agency for ...
Louisville's inspector general doubles down on importance of consent decree
A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down ...
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Putting 2,200 Staff On Leave
5:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 7 Judge Carl Nichols prevented Trump from placing 2,200 USAID staff on leave while a lawsuit from labor ...
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Fact check: The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
The news release then listed 12 examples, plucked from the websites of right-wing media. But the numbers cited – as low as ...
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.
The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
If USAID ends, American diplomacy will be the biggest loser
President Trump’s characterizations of the U.S. Agency for International Development and Elon Musk’s efforts to abolish it ...
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
Most of the remaining money is distributed through organizations and companies that operate internationally — including some ...
Idahoans with connections to USAID dismayed by Trump, Musk actions | Opinion
Do you believe that Trump and his appointees are cleaning up the government, and if so, are you OK with him using the ...
Brian Mast excoriates USAID as ‘rotten to the core,’ citing internal memo
USAID has been placed under the political spotlight as the first federal agency Trump and Musk have upended through the Department of Government Efficiency.
USAID Probes Starlink’s Ukraine Operations, Adding Fuel to Musk Feud
In a controversial and unprecedented move, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has launched an aggressive ...