1 day ago · USAID is the primary federal agency providing foreign aid to countries around the world, ... and other GOP claims also have been debunked, such as the Trump administration’s claim the agency ...

1 day ago · U.S. foreign assistance amounts to less than 1 percent of the federal budget. USAID oversaw over $40 billion in combined appropriations from the State-Foreign Operations and Agriculture spending ...

1 day ago · Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the U.S. Agency for International Development provides billions in humanitarian assistance overseas.

1 day ago · USAID Under the Trump Administration February 3, 2025 On Monday, February 3, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he would serve as the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID). Also on February 3, USAID staff were directed not to report to the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Later ...

1 day ago · In fiscal year 2023, USAID disbursed $72 billion in assistance worldwide, Reuters reported. The funding went to everything from women's health in conflict zones to clean water, HIV/AIDS treatments ...

1 day ago · Destroying USAID might fit squarely within Trump’s political agenda, but the move itself may ultimately be a stress test for a Republican-controlled Congress that has shown little appetite for ...

1 day ago · What Is U.S.A.I.D., and Why Do Trump and Musk Want to Close It? The agency’s funding accounts for a tiny portion of the federal budget, but its structure may have made it an easy target for ...

2 days ago · Foreign Affairs. Musk on USAID: ‘Time for it to die’ His statement comes as signs increasingly point to the Trump administration folding the development aid agency into the State Department.

3 days ago · Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was...

1 day ago · USAID was created by federal law and is funded by Congress. Donald Trump and Elon Musk can’t just wish it away with a stroke of a pen — they need to pass a law,” Schatz said in a statement.