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

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on ...

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

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

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire working on the White House's effort to shrink the federal government, has previously claimed ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame responded to President Donald Trump's calls to shut down a massive US government aid program ...

President Donald Trump has sown alarm worldwide by moving to close down USAID, which distributes more foreign aid than any ...

Washington's primary humanitarian aid agency has been a target of a government reorganization program spearheaded by Elon ...

The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct hires and contractors.

Former Trump appointee to the State department Matthew Bartlett talks to Christiane Amanpour about how this decision will ...

Both moves would have exposed the U.S. workers and their spouses and children to unwarranted risk and expense, the judge said ...

The judge issued a restraining order that would block 2,200 employees from being put on administrative leave as was scheduled ...