Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. USAID distributed nearly $32.5 billion in aid in 2024, mainly to Africa and the Middle East. Many Republicans argue USAID is ...

Two security officers for the U.S. Agency for International Development were placed on leave after blocking officials with the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from gaining access to ...

Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, ...

The two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to internal ...

The Trump administration has decimated the U.S. government's ability to spot fraud and abuse in the flow of aid to other countries, according to a Monday memo from the inspector general of the lead ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a staunch supporter of its mission while in the US Senate, reversing his views ...

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