China won’t ‘replace’ USAID in Africa
But the exit of US foreign assistance has created an opportunity for Beijing to strengthen its presence on the continent, say ...
The USAID purge is complete as thousands are pulled off the job and DC staff given 15 minutes to clear out their desks — here's what stripping down the agency means
Nearly two weeks prior to Rubio’s announcement, USAID employees were instructed to start clearing out their desks at the ...
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As USAID exits Latin America, will more people exit for the U.S. border — and will China move in?
President Trumps says U.S. foreign aid "doesn't align" with his America First agenda. But in Latin America, data suggest it ...
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Recent bout of USAID funding cuts include over USD 1 million to China fisheries watchdog
Attempts from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to shutter the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have resulted in over USD 1 million (EUR 920,000) of funding ...
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The fall of USAID changed everything — even for those it didn’t fund
Many major organizations in the aid sector didn’t take any USAID money, but even they haven’t been spared the impact of the ...
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Soft Power Divide: China Advances While the US Retreats
The global landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, a tectonic shift in the balance of influence. The sixth annual Global Soft Power Index, ...
How Americans May Feel the Slashing of USAID
Elon Musk’s DOGE has ripped through huge swathes of the federal government, but no target has been hit like the U.S. Agency for International Development. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...
Johns Hopkins University slashes 2,000 jobs after Trump administration grant cut
The Johns Hopkins University said on Thursday it will slash over 2,000 jobs in the U.S. and abroad after the administration ...
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US Secretary of State says most USAID programs to be canceled
WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that more than 80 percent of the programs sponsored by the US ...
USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power ...
President Donald Trump lacks a clear understanding of USAID’s purpose
Guest columnist Ben Chappell, having seen the benefits of USAID in other countries, writes that President Donald Trump’s ...