State Department Cables Reveal Consequences of Elon Musk USAID Cuts
“Without intervention, continued deterioration of the food security situation will lead to loss of life.”
Tag: USAID
A Receipt For Your Humanity: Actual Waste and Abuse
Last week, Elon Musk, the "worst ultra-billionaire on earth," higher than any of his SpaceX rockets ever got, lurched to the end of his rampage through humane governance.
Countering Propaganda and Fostering International Goodwill
Reputation is part of national security, and the U.S. has historically enhanced its reputation by building relationships and countering propaganda through cultural tools.
Without USAID, Myanmar Is Struggling to Recover From Its Massive Earthquake
A massive earthquake in Myanmar has them struggling to recover without the USAID funds it would've had before the cuts by Trump and DOGE.
How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones
The shuttering of USAID and cuts to diplomacy programs make it harder for U.S. to maintain friendships with our allies.
Understanding Foreign Aid: How USAID Fosters Global Stability and Secures Our National Interests
Americans aren't aware of the many reasons for providing foreign aid and the ways in which it benefits the safety and security of our own country.
How Trump’s $2B court battle over USAID could reshape executive authority
Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a court case regarding the president’s legal right to stop payment of nearly $2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, contracts poses an important legal question whose answer may show just how strong the…
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Before Peter Marocco was selected to dismantle USAID on behalf of President Donald Trump, he was an official with the State Department on a diplomatic mission.
Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite court order
Democratic attorneys general from throughout the country on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce a temporary restraining order he issued late last month, alleging the Trump administration is not complying with the court’s ruling. The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee also…
Global HIV care thrown into chaos by Trump: “I will be sick and maybe die”
In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.
Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.
Hunger rises as food aid falls – and those living under autocratic systems bear the brunt
Major donors like Germany and the United States have reduced or suspended food aid, citing budgetary constraints.
