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

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

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history. Less than three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, he, Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have halted the U.S. Agency for International Development’s aid…

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff
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Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development from more than 10,000 to about 290 positions, three people with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday. The small remaining staff includes employees who specialize…

Trump Imposes Sanctions on the ICC, Accusing It of Targeting the U.S. and Israel
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Trump Imposes Sanctions on the ICC, Accusing It of Targeting the U.S. and Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday placing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, saying that his administration would “impose tangible and significant consequences” on people who work on investigations that threaten the national security of the United States and its allies,…

Marco Rubio Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’
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Marco Rubio Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on” and had become increasingly difficult to defend, according to a transcript of a…

Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
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Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave on Saturday night after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to internal systems, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. And…

How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
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How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In famine-stricken Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone have shut down. In Thailand, war refugees with life-threatening diseases have been turned away by hospitals and carted off on makeshift stretchers. In Ukraine, residents on…

Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave
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Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s policy. An email on Monday to U.S.A.I.D. staff from the agency’s acting administrator,…

Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem
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Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel told the United Nations on Friday that its relief agency known as UNRWA, a critical lifeline to two million Palestinians during the 15 months of war in Gaza, had six days to stop all operations in East Jerusalem. Israel’s ambassador to the…