The Latest Breaking News from USAid

Humanitarian assistance experts have warned agency’s demise will harm vulnerable people and weaken US soft power.

All but handful of agency’s personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts

Nearly all of the agency’s global staff have been placed on leave

President Trump repurposes former USAID headquarters for Customs and Border Patrol, impacting global aid efforts.

Trump administration's reduction of USAID workforce impacts global humanitarian assistance efforts.

In his pursuit to ‘Make America Great Again,’ one of the first things US President Donald Trump did on assuming office was to impose an immediate freeze on all US foreign assistance, including halting the disbursal of $40 billion for international projects funded by USAID. 

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by former Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi and cartoonist Rachita Taneja. 

Department of Justice continues to drag its feet on court orders

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Judge Carl Nichols lifts restraining order that blocked administration from slashing life-saving global aid