1 day ago · What is being affected by the USAID freeze? Sub-Saharan Africa could suffer more than any other region during the aid pause. The U.S. gave the region more than $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance last year.

1 day ago · The Trump freeze on foreign assistance and targeting of USAID, which oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in some 120 countries, has forced U.S. and international companies to ...

1 day ago · USAID headquarters in Washington is blocked after Musk says Trump agrees to close the aid agency The fast-moving developments come after thousands of USAID employees already have been laid off and ...

6 days ago · Hundreds of internal contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a ...

1 day ago · The halt to USAID projects will likely impact secret schools for girls across Afghanistan, which could close as soon as the funds from the U.S. agency go dry. Above: A teenage girl wearing a face ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Approximately 60 senior staff within USAID have been suspended, leaving the agency without clear leadership, five sources familiar with the internal action told CBS News.

3 days ago · Trump administration officials are actively discussing placing USAID under the authority of the State Department, according to more than a dozen sources.

4 days ago · “The scope of the Trump Administration’s freeze of USAID programs is unprecedented," says Tim Rieser, foreign-policy aide to former Senator Patrick Leahy, who chaired the Appropriations Committee.

5 days ago · President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.

5 days ago · The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear almost a week on, as officials and aid workers overseas try to make sense ...