Rubio orders firings of all USAID staffers overseas to move forward
SummarySecretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the dismissal of all remaining U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staff worldwide, with ...
Sunday, June 22, 2025
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USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it.
Cathy Votaw fondly remembers her father, Albert Votaw, a dedicated public servant for USAID, who was killed in the 1983 ...
EU will struggle to fill gap left by USAID as European countries cut their budgets
NGOs are warning of challenging years ahead as humanitarian needs grow while financial support declines, with significant cuts from the ...
Former USAID employees are still stuck with their work devices
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's cuts to federal agencies, particularly through Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, have led to ...
Agent Orange cleanup, efforts critical to ties with Vietnam jeopardized by USAID cuts
At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, efforts to clean up soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from Agent ...
Elon Musk’s Role in Dismantling USAID Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds
Elon Musk and his team's efforts to permanently shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development were found to likely violate ...
USAID cuts could be ‘death sentence’ for Afghan women studying abroad
Over 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on a U.S.-funded scholarship face imminent deportation to Afghanistan after the program was ...
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
Secretary of State Rubio has announced that the purge of USAID programs is complete, with 83% of the agency's programs ...
Critical USAID Environmental Funding Dries Up in SEA
The US government's freeze on foreign aid, except for Israel and Egypt, has had a swift and shocking impact on ...
Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive
The Trump administration's cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in aid payments to Gaza, jeopardizing the ...
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