The Diplomat6h
Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Myanmar Junta Celebrate Closure of US-Funded Media Outlets
The U.S.-funded broadcasters Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have long been a thorn in the side of the region’s ...
I worked for USAID. Here’s why the agency must be saved.
USAID creates economic opportunities for American companies abroad, exemplifies American values, and creates business ...
Devex1d
Exclusive: Inside the closed-door meeting on USAID’s future
The ideas for the agency’s future were shared by Tim Meisburger, the head of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, in a ...
Federal funding cuts threaten science research and student prospects at universities
Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming ...
Independent.ie4d
As it happened: Micheál Martin’s St Patrick's Day trip to Washington
Taoiseach Micheál Martin met US president Donald Trump yesterday in a hotly anticipated meeting as part of St Patrick’s Day ...
Johns Hopkins laying off more than 2,000 workers after dramatic cut in USAID funding
Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be cutting more than 2,000 jobs after it lost $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International Development amid the Trump ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are Targeted—As Judge Orders Reinstatement Of Thousands Of Fired Workers
The Trump administration has directed NOAA to lay off approximately 1,000 workers on top of 1,300 workers that have already ...
Devex4d
The fall of USAID changed everything — even for those it didn’t fund
Many major organizations in the aid sector didn’t take any USAID money, but even they haven’t been spared the impact of the ...
USAID order to delete classified records sparks flurry of litigation
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and outside groups are fighting an order from the agency’s ...
Independent.ie5d
Taoiseach Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and a slew of ministers and diplomats have begun series of meetings and engagements in the US to coincide with St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Daily Maverick6d
Can African philanthropy fill in for American aid cuts?
Africa must look within to improve resource allocation and promote social impact investments that go beyond just boosting profits.
Who is Judge Amir Ali? The Biden-appointed federal judge at the center of Trump's USAID battle
The federal judge presiding over a challenge to the Trump administration's pause on USAID spending, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, is a new face on the bench appointed by President Biden.