13 hours ago · Get ready for a smaller, weaker U.S. Agency for International Development focused mostly on food aid and AIDS clinics. That’s assuming the USAID name even exists in a few weeks. The White House ...

3 days ago · 9. Confirmation that further career civil service, foreign service and USAID contractors will not be removed from their roles without cause or receive stop work orders. 10. Whether, upon full resumption of legally mandated foreign assistance activities, the Administration intends to re-hire contractors who have been removed from their roles. 11.

1 day ago · At a White House press briefing, Leavitt told reporters that she had been made aware of USAID funding to media outlets, including Politico, and noted that taxpayer dollars that have been allocated ...

3 days ago · On Monday, the White House published a list of USAID projects which it said were evidence of "waste and abuse", including a grant of $1.5m to an LGBTQ group in Serbia, $2.5m for electric vehicles ...

3 days ago · White House Congress U.S. Supreme Court Trump’s presidential promises 2025 Election Calendar SECTIONS. Trump cabinet confirmation ... USAID staffers said more than 600 additional employees had reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received emails saying that “at the direction of ...

1 day ago · On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized USAID for sending $1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia workplaces, $70,000 for a "DEI musical" in Ireland and $32,000 for a ...

3 days ago · What’s going on with USAID? On his first day in office Jan. 20, Trump implemented a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance. Four days later, Peter Marocco — a returning political appointee from Trump’s first term — drafted a tougher than expected interpretation of that order, a move that shut down thousands of programs around the world and forced furloughs and layoffs.

3 days ago · White House. Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID. ... USAID, which President John F. Kennedy established in 1961, and has been the U.S. government's main ...

4 days ago · The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ... USAID handles billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, which is also largely frozen at the moment following a separate ...

3 days ago · Earlier Monday, the White House released a list of examples of what it deemed wasteful spending by USAID in recent years. Democratic lawmakers, however, have warned that any attempt to change ...