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Trump administration moves to fire or put on leave nearly all USAID workers

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

Al Jazeera

Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says

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

The Guardian - US

‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid

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

The Guardian - AU

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Trump administration fires 1,600 USAID workers, moves to wind up agency

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

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Repurposes USAID Headquarters For Border Patrol Agents

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

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Trump Administration Continues Purge Of USAID Employees

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

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Before BJP’s USAID outrage: MoUs, collaborations, and government partnerships

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.

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Hafta 525: USAID controversy, new CEC’s appointment, Vikatan website blocked

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.

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Federal judge blasts Trump administration for dodging order to resume USAID funding after freeze

Department of Justice continues to drag its feet on court orders

The Independent UK

Trump administration briefing: top immigration official removed and judge clears way for USAid firings

Here are the key US politics stories from Friday at a glance

The Guardian - US

Judge clears path for Trump to gut USAID and fire thousands of workers

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

The Independent UK

Federal Judge Allows Trump Administration To Dismantle USAID

Federal judge allows Trump administration to proceed with dismantling USAID, sparking debate over global aid impact.

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Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge

Court orders have had only limited effect in the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development

The Independent UK

USAID Funding Freeze Threatens HIV Treatment For Kenyan Orphans

Nyumbani Children’s Home in Kenya faces uncertainty as potential USAID funding freeze risks HIV treatment for vulnerable children.

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Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore Foreign Aid Funding

Federal judge orders temporary restoration of foreign aid funding despite Trump administration's efforts to withhold assistance, causing disruptions in glo...

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USAID Funding Freeze Threatens HIV Treatment For Kenyan Children

Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi faces funding uncertainty, risking access to vital HIV medication for vulnerable children.

The Guardian - UK

International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze

Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report finds

The Guardian - US

Andrew Tate’s alliance with Trump has been in the making for a long time

Trump’s attempts to intervene in Tate’s rape and human trafficking cases in Romania might seem strange, but their worlds are intimately linked

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Trump jumped the gun with USAID remarks. So did India’s state broadcaster

When US President Donald Trump alleged a “conspiracy” by the Joe Biden administration to influence the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by spending $21 million on voter turnout in India, sections of the mainstream media were quick to amplify the BJP’s claims about the opposition indulging a foreign hand.

The Guardian - UK

The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own

Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic values, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Fortune

Americans now view Elon Musk and DOGE far less favorably than the programs DOGE is slashing, poll shows

In court, the administration says Musk isn’t in charge. Donald Trump just said the opposite.

The Independent UK

US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle

A U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of HIV-positive orphans at Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi

The Guardian - UK

‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia

Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we examine the impact of a decision that has left aid organisations scrambling

The Independent UK

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

A federal judge says the Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide

The Independent UK

Musk accuses Ukraine leader Zelensky of ‘feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers’ in vicious rant on X

Musk also threatened changes to Community Notes on X as Trump administration has sought to falsely portray Ukrainian president as a ‘dictator’

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