The Latest: Senate passes 6-month funding bill, sending measure to Trump’s desk
The Senate passed a six-month spending bill Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into ...
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‘$21 million for voter turnout in India’: What’s the row over the grant that Doge has cancelled?
“Operating as a consortium, CEPPS provides USAID and other donors with the capacity to deliver complex democracy, rights and governance (DRG) programming at scale across the world,” it says. On May 17 ...
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DOGE says cancelled $21 mn grant for India ‘voter turnout’, BJP targets Congress
“Operating as a consortium, CEPPS provides USAID and other donors with the capacity to deliver complex democracy, rights and governance (DRG) programming at scale across the world,” the IFES website ...
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Secretary of state says 83% of USAID programs are being canceled
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency ...
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Former USAID employees on cuts: ‘We are going to put lives in jeopardy’
Two former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who were fired last month, told CNN the 83 percent spending cuts Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday ...
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Rubio: 83 percent of USAID programs to be canceled
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that 83 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) programs would be canceled, essentially capping a dramatic fall for the ...
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USAID official put on leave for memos saying funding cut will "result in preventable death"
Washington — A USAID deputy administrator has been put on leave after issuing memos that said that the organization had failed to implement humanitarian assistance due to "political leadership ...
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As USAID clears out, official directs employees to use shredders, burn bags on documents
"The only labeling required on the burn bags are the words 'SECRET' and 'USAID/(B/IO)' in dark sharpie, if possible," the email said. MORE: 'Radical change': Inside Trump's State Department ...
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I was fired from USAID. Here's what my work really did. | Opinion
My most recent deployment with the agency was to the Middle East, where I served on USAID’s team of specialized humanitarian experts responding to Yemen’s brutal, 10-year civil war.
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USAID head Peter Marocco tells lawmakers he's eyeing potential criminal charges for foreign aid fraud: report
The acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told congressional lawmakers Wednesday his staff was preparing potential criminal referrals against those who misused ...
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I'm a Kentuckian fired from USAID. Here's what my work really did. | Opinion
Elon Musk and DOGE have carelessly jeopardized millions of lives by firing USAID workers and canceling humanitarian aid programs. USAID programs, funded by a small fraction of the federal budget ...