A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths — only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave. Nicholas Enrich, USAID’s acting assistant administrator … Read more
US Agency for International Development workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington on Thursday to collect their personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency’s aid contracts. Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all personnel at the foreign assistance agency USAID, except leaders and critical staff around the world, on paid administrative leave and eliminating 1,600 positions in the United States. Just before midnight on Sunday US Eastern Time, all United States Agency for International Development direct … Read more
New Delhi: Donald Trump on Thursday repeated his criticism about $21 million in United States government funding for India – via global aid agency USAID in 2012 – for ‘voter turnout‘, calling it a “kickback scheme” and declaring, “What the hell do I care about it? We got enough problems (of our own).” The US … Read more
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump on Friday called for USAID to be shuttered, escalating his unprecedented campaign to dismantle the humanitarian agency. “THE CORRUPTION IS AT LEVELS RARELY SEEN BEFORE. CLOSE IT DOWN!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social app without offering any evidence to back up his assertion. His latest attack on the … Read more
Washington, United States: The Trump administration’s attempt to fold the USAID humanitarian agency into the State Department calls into question the future of tens of billions of dollars in financial support to some of the world’s poorest countries. The United States is the world’s largest provider of official development assistance, according to the Organization for … Read more