14 h. ago Trump administration wants to halve State Dept budget, slash foreign aid 75%

Trump administration wants to halve State Dept budget, slash foreign aid 75%  Reuters

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15 h. ago Pete Marocco, mastermind behind dismantling of USAID projects, leaves State Department

Pete Marocco, who led the dismantling of USAID under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, departs as critics accuse him of chaos and foreign aid cuts that gutted U.S. global development programs.

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25 h. ago How Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid have hobbled Syria's war crimes investigations

When Syria's Assad regime fell, victims gained access to archives on 130,000 missing people. Organizations compiling those documents lost U.S. funding under Trump, hobbling war crimes investigations.

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4 d. ago Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

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6 d. ago 'Death sentence': Advocates blast $1.3 billion in State Department food aid cuts

The State Department has moved to squeeze lifesaving foreign aid dramatically around the world, according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

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6 d. ago As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond

As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond  DC News Now

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7 d. ago Transfer to Alaska? Offer to health leaders called 'insult' to Indian Health Service

NPR obtained emails that went out last week to leaders at health agencies offering to transfer them to postings in tribal communities. Officials close to Dr. Anthony Fauci got the offer.

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7 d. ago R.F.K. Jr’s Plan to Send Health Officials to Indian Country Angers Native Leaders

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders have doubts. “It’s shameful,” one said.

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8 d. ago Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders have doubts. “It’s shameful,” one said.

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1 week ago Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership

Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.

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1 week ago Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies

Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies  The Washington Post

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1 week ago Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies

Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies  The Washington Post

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2 w. ago The head of Africa CDC thought news of a U.S. aid freeze must be 'a joke.' Now what?

Dr. Jean Kaseya is now figuring out how to cope with the new foreign aid landscape.

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2 w. ago Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar

While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.

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2 w. ago Washington formalizes plans to shutter USAID, dramatically cut foreign aid spending

Washington formalizes plans to shutter USAID, dramatically cut foreign aid spending  The Times of Israel

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2 w. ago After months of cuts, State Department says it's officially shuttering USAID

The State Department said it's officially shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what could deal a final blow to the beleaguered foreign aid agency.

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2 w. ago Rubio Says Information on Abducted Ukrainian Children Will Be Preserved

Lawmakers had feared that a database on children taken by Russia was deleted when funding was stopped as part of President Trump’s foreign aid cuts.

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2 w. ago New study shows impact of foreign aid cuts on HIV/Aids treatment

Study in the Lancet finds that with US and European cuts to foreign assistance programs the provide AIDS treatments and medicines there will be millions of news cases and deaths from AIDS in the coming years. Reporter: Emanuel; Editor: Davis

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2 w. ago As U.S. foreign aid grants get slashed, Greenland gets money for a dog race

Second lady Usha Vance has scrapped a plan to attend Greenland's national dog sled race this week. But American tax dollars will help support the race anyway.

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2 w. ago Child malnutrition set to soar as U.S. and other countries slash foreign aid

Child malnutrition set to soar as U.S. and other countries slash foreign aid  Science

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