Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot
|

Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was already facing a daunting week as foreign officials gathered in Europe for talks about his country’s future. The Trump administration was demanding $500 billion in Ukrainian mineral rights, it canceled Ukraine’s exemption from U.S. tariffs on steel,…

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
|

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month that lifesaving humanitarian work would be exempt from a freeze on foreign aid, global health workers breathed a collective sigh of relief. But a new directive has put such exemptions on hold. Several senior…

How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals
|

How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To Ukraine, they are a chit to play in an ongoing appeal to President Trump for more financial and military support. To Mr. Trump, they should be overdue payment for billions of dollars committed to Kyiv’s war effort. Either way, Ukraine’s vast and…

Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
|

Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top officials in the Trump administration and allies in Congress, eager to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, have accused the agency of misusing taxpayer funds. But many of their claims were misleading or lacked context. The agency, long a target for…

U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
|

U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front lines of efforts to fight famine, contain virulent infectious diseases like H.I.V. and Ebola, and rebuild infrastructure in impoverished and…

Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
|

Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime humanitarian assistance. In a few short weeks, President Trump…

Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.
|

Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt for now some elements of its attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a 2019 Trump…

USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say
|

USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the United States Agency for International Development have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, according to U.S. officials and workers for humanitarian groups funded by the…

‘Riviera’ in Gaza and U.S.A.I.D. Assault Capture Trump’s Vision of U.S. Power
|

‘Riviera’ in Gaza and U.S.A.I.D. Assault Capture Trump’s Vision of U.S. Power

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two initiatives that unfolded on Tuesday evening seemed to capture, in the flash of a few hours, the outline of President Trump’s vision for shaping American power. Ten thousand people working around the world for U.S.A.I.D., the main American aid agency, were told…