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As a result, the State Department is moving to "retire" USAID as an independent operation and is moving forward with plans for a reduction in force, according to the memo. Altogether, more than ...
Rubio made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying USAID had for decades failed to ensure the programs it funded actually supported America's interests. The State Department will take over ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.
The Trump administration is planning on cutting all of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) international positions by the end of September, and transferring control to the ...
Peter Marocco left his role as Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance, a position in which he oversaw severe cutbacks and layoffs to the agency known as USAID, the State Department said.
A government contractor sought to hire a lawyer to work at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to conduct investigations into the dismantled agency’s former staff, including ...
FADEL: So, Fatma, without USAID, is U.S. foreign assistance just something of the past now? TANIS: You know, a quick reminder, the U.S. was the largest donor of global health and development funding.
Former Defense Secretary Hagel says USAID cuts pose national security threat The State Department on Friday moved to effectively halt operations at the embattled U.S. Agency for International ...
A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID ...
As a result, Rubio announced on March 11 that the State Department had completed a six-week review and would cancel more than 80% of USAID programs — cutting roughly 5,200 of USAID's 6,200 programs.