Billions in unspent aid lacks oversight after Trump targets USAID, watchdog warns
The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid ...
5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History
Foreign aid often is connected to wars overseas. The top five recipients of U.S. aid (including both USAID and non-USAID ...
Watchdog warns Trump’s dismantling of vetting at USAID means US money could reach terror groups
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its sweeping freeze on ...
How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs
In Washington, many conservatives are cheering the Musk-led DOGE’s gutting of USAID as an example of how it is possible to ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.