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What is USAID, and how central is it to US foreign policy?
Last week, hundreds of internal contractors working for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were ...
The beginnings of USAID can be traced to a famine in Belgium
Americans usually overestimate the amount of money that goes to foreign aid, pinning it between 8 and 25 percent of ...
Marco Rubio taking over as acting head of USAID amid agency turmoil
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being put in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump ...
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USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued amid President Donald Trump ...
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Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down?
Five others close to the administration said they weren’t aware of specific plans but that USAID’s independence is definitely not guaranteed. All were granted anonymity because they weren’t ...