US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claims that the United States continues to ...

Despite decades of U.S. aid and development programs, poverty, corruption and violence remain entrenched across El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The U.S. has invested billions to promote ...

He laughs, nervously, as he faces the enormity of it. Read More: How Christian Groups Are Responding to Trump's Foreign-Aid Freeze TIME spoke to humanitarian workers—many of whom asked not to be ...

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration means there are no staff to process waivers submitted by food and other aid organizations hoping to resume operations under ...

Proposed cuts to the US Agency for International Development could reduce assistance to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia. Data for fiscal year 2024 shows that USAID distributed nearly $32.5 billion ...

But USAID, like most foreign aid, has become something of a plaster saint in Washington even if it does far less good than advertised. Thus Mr. Musk brought down the wrath of the Beltway by ...

After just two weeks in power, President Donald Trump and his top donor and adviser, Elon Musk, are declaring war on U.S. foreign aid. Within hours of taking office, Trump issued an executive ...

After the customary greetings, the penitent crosses himself: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." The priest urges the penitent to have confidence in God.

Musk has called USAID a “criminal organization.” USAID is the world's largest foreign aid agency. It was created as an independent agency in 1961 under an executive order signed by President ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Last month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made his first trip of 2025 a ...