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Trump administration guts USAID humanitarian office, despite pledge to save its work
Beginning late Friday night, several now-former employees at the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance received termination letters from personnel officers at USAID, according to copies of those letters ...
UNICEF Helps Protect Syria’s Children From Deadly Remnants Of War
Mohammed, 15, learned about the dangers of unexploded ordnance at a UNICEF child-friendly space — knowledge he used to save ...
The Review15d
What is lost with the dismantling of USAID
The current pause in foreign assistance will lead to the deaths of untold numbers of mothers and children, even as the food that could have saved them has already been purchased and packaged, but lays ...
CBS News5d
Secretary of state says 83% of USAID programs are being canceled
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency ...
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USAID official placed on leave after saying barriers to lifesaving programs will cause ‘preventable death’
Rubio has vowed to establish waivers for vital USAID programs that will be exempted from the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts and stop-work orders, but Enrich alleged that significant damage ...
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As USAID clears out, official directs employees to use shredders, burn bags on documents
"The only labeling required on the burn bags are the words 'SECRET' and 'USAID/(B/IO)' in dark sharpie, if possible," the email said. MORE: 'Radical change': Inside Trump's State Department ...
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USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents
Groups challenging the administration's plans to shut down USAID filed an emergency motion Tuesday afternoon seeking to stop the document destruction. "Defendants are, as this motion is being ...
New York Post4d
Rubio says 83% of USAID programs to be scrapped after initial plan to cut $58B in contracts, grants
More than 80% of programs run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be canceled following a six-week review, while the remainder will be run by the State Department ...
The Hill28d
Senate Dems slam USAID inspector general’s firing as doing more harm than good on curbing waste
“Specifically, USAID’s existing oversight controls ... particularly within BHA [Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance], coupled with uncertainty about the scope of foreign assistance waivers ...
USA Today4d
Rubio offers olive branch to Musk after reported Cabinet blowup
"Tough, but necessary. Good working with you," Musk replied. "The important parts of USAID should always have been with Dept of State." The New York Times reported Rubio clashed with Musk last ...
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Trump administration guts USAID's humanitarian office, despite pledge to preserve its work
several now-former employees at the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance received termination letters from personnel officers at USAID, according to copies of those letters obtained by ABC News. BHA ...