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Congress approved Trump’s $9 billion budget cuts. Here's a breakdown
The Hearst Television Data Team breaks down the $9 billion budget cut passed by Congress. The House approved President Donald Trump's request to remove $9 billion in foreign aid and public ...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and ...
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the ...
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Sen. Joni Ernst speaks in support of cuts to USAID, public broadcasting
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst praised the cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) included in the bill passed in ...
Northwest public broadcasters brace for new reality as Republicans in Congress race to defund public media, foreign aid
Northwest public radio and television stations were bracing for the fallout after an overnight vote by House Republicans that will rescind about $9 billion in funding Congress had already approved for ...
Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in ...
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USAID Officially Closed: 83% of Projects Canceled Amid Federal Restructuring
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been formally shut down this month as part of President Donald Trump's initiative to reshape the federal government and reduce its ...
Bill Gates says Trump's cuts to USAID are devastating: ‘It's not too late to reverse them'
Bill Gates said the effects of President Donald Trump's USAID cuts are "devastating" but can be prevented. The Gates Foundation, where Gates is board chair, has worked extensively with the U.S. Agency ...
Foreign aid cuts will have devastating effects but few political consequences
Despite the pain and suffering these cuts to humanitarian aid will cause, they seem unlikely to become election issues.
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'Evil' USAID cuts 'will result in 14 million worldwide deaths - a third of which are children under 5'
The Trump administration formally shut down the United States Agency for International Development on July 1, after canceling ...
USAID cuts could lead to millions of deaths, researchers warn
From disaster relief to fighting world hunger, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was at the ...
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Overt weaponization of aid with USAID's end: China Daily editorial
The closure of USAID and the transfer of responsibility for US aid programs to the State Department just remove the institutional veneer for the administration to directly weaponize the country's ...
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Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
The Trump administration's abrupt and steep cuts to foreign aid have halted most of USAID's programs. To estimate how many lives could be affected by the dismantling of the agency going forward, the ...