Taylor Williamson, who works for a company doing contract work for the United States Agency for International Development, or ...

If you want to understand the nature and extent of the damage that international aid has on the economies of underdeveloped ...

The official federal USAID website was taken down on Tuesday and replaced with a notice placing all direct staff on administrative leave. “On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST ...

Other options had included closures of smaller USAID missions and partial closures of larger ones.Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after ...

Meanwhile, turmoil at USAID has escalated as Trump moves to shut it down, laying off staff and cutting programs. Rubio, now acting USAID administrator, signaled plans to integrate parts of the ...

Then-President John F. Kennedy established the US Agency for International Development, known as USAID, during the Cold War. In the decades since, Republicans and Democrats have fought over the ...