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As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
Even for people who study international development, it’s been hard to understand all the ways U.S. cuts have impacted the ...
'Death sentence': Advocates blast $1.3 billion in State Department food aid cuts
The State Department has moved to squeeze lifesaving foreign aid dramatically around the world, according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programmes, sources say
They include World Food Programme awards in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Trump administration says it cut funding to some UN food programmes by mistake
It was reported on Monday that the Trump administration cut funding to WFP emergency programmes helping keep millions alive ...
Trump admin claims it hasn’t backed away from aid commitments despite canceling help for Afghanistan and Yemen
The United States has not “backed away from our commitments to providing lifesaving food aid,” State Department spokesperson ...
Bombing the Houthis Won’t Work
Trump’s war has no strategy and is likely to backfire.
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Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defended many of the administration's foreign-aid cuts at a ...