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The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has upended the government agency’s longtime strategic role in implementing American foreign policy.

While DOGE has aggressively downsized government offices, some of its own members are earning top-tier federal salaries, Wired reported.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from the Trump administration to halt an order requiring payments of foreign assistance funds.

DOGE significantly downsized the IAF, reducing staff from 48 to 1 and canceling numerous grants for Latin American and Caribbean community development.

Peter Marocco assigned as head of Inter-American Foundation after White House fires president and CEO

IN FOCUS: The evidence shows international aid – when spent correctly – can bring tremendous benefits and save millions of lives, writes expert and author Stefan Dercon. But if helping people cope with deprivation won’t convince the Maga crowd, advocates of aid spending will have to try a different argument

A smaller government with a more powerful set of unaccountable executive officials is unlikely to be much of a win for liberty.

President Trump's upcoming address to Congress covers key issues including Russia-Ukraine war, government cuts, and Israel-Hamas conflict.

NGOs warn that at least two million people worldwide will be affected by the cancellation of US grants. In Kenya, access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and community-led surveillance programmes has already come to a halt. Approximately three percent of the population is HIV positive and is now facing a shortage…

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been a cornerstone of global HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment for over two decades. Pepfar has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the US, but its future is now uncertain. Public health scholars Eric A. Friedman, Sarah A. Wetter and Lawrence O.…

Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance budget.