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I’ve Been RIF’d at USAID, but I Still Swear an Oath—to Democracy
(I technically still work at USAID, but with the Trump administration’s elimination of the agency, we’re counting down the days we have…
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Judge Rules Trump Can Demolish USAID as He Pleases
The Social Security Administration confirmed to The Intercept that the real savings were limited to work on the Gender X Marker Project,…
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Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
This assistance—which includes aid for lifesaving food, shelter, and medicine—has gotten bogged down as USAID employees and groups that…
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Trump Is Now Suggesting USAID Somehow Rigged the 2020 Election
The president of the United States is roping the nation’s humanitarian aid–focused agency into his election conspiracy. During a joint…
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China steps In to replace USAID
China has provided a grant to help a Cambodian project clearing land mines and unexploded bombs days after the freeze on payments by USAID…
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Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors…
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Column: Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim
It’s probably too soon to claim Elon Musk has babies’ blood on his hands for effectively shuttering America’s most consequential foreign…
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Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocks efforts to dismantle USAID
By Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily…
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Trump Has Pissed Off a Key Support Group by Cutting USAID
A commissioner can only be removed after the president nominates a replacement, and that person is then confirmed by the Senate.…
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Guess Which Top Trump Adviser Took USAID Money?
“You spoke to half a dozen Trump loyalists, Republican aides, and advisers inside and around the administration,” Vitali started. “I think…
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Transcript: Trump’s Angry USAID Rant Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video
Sargent: That actually gets at what the real core difference is between Rubio on one hand, and Trump and Musk on the other. Trump and Musk…
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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa,…
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How a MAGA Conspiracy on USAID Shot Straight to the White House
The far right, including Elon Musk, are pushing a conspiracy theory that the U.S. Agency for International Development secretly funds…
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Elon Musk Just Put All USAID Employees on Indefinite Leave
“Plaintiffs legitimately fear that the information being compiled will be accessed by persons who are not authorized to have access to…
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Top GOPer Cowardly Pretends He Has No Clue What Trump’s Doing at USAID
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is playing dumb when it comes to Donald Trump’s significant efforts to shutter USAID. Since taking…
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Transcript: Illegal Trump-Musk Purge of USAID Just Got Much Darker
Beyer: Even the broader case will... I don’t know if I get in the right order, but number one: All the various international illnesses,…
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The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
Economies in poorer countries with which USAID has partnered may also start to suffer. USAID works with governments, nongovernmental…
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The Worst Person Possible Just Took Over USAID
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he’s now in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development, just hours after…
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Elon Musk’s Crusade to Shut Down USAID Suddenly Gets More Serious
Those products include groceries such as avocados, maple syrup, ground beef, cherry tomatoes, sugar, bananas, nuts, cooking oil, squash,…
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USAID 'shutting down'—Elon Musk
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Elon Musk has said the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be shut down. Musk said…