Here's What Foreign Aid Looks Like 60 Days After the End of USAID

Here's what foreign aid looks like 60 days after the end of USAID

On June 30, British medical journal The Lancet published its findings on the consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid programs and elimination of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The authors projected around 14 million excess preventable deaths worldwide over a 4.5-year period as a result of those cuts. At the same time, the authors concluded that similar previous U.S. aid efforts had sav…

Return of the Pocket Rescissions – Trump Targets USAID - Liberty Nation News

By James Fite President Donald Trump has floated the idea of pocket rescissions before, but now he’s actually giving it a shot. In an announcement on Friday, August 29, the president declared his intent to cut roughly $5 billion in foreign aid. But is it legal? The short answer is maybe. The somewhat longer but more politically comical […]

Trump revokes $5 billion in foreign aid using pocket rescission power

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump closed out his week by informing Congress he is revoking nearly $5 billion in foreign aid that Congress already had approved as the legislative branch faces an Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government or deal with a shutdown.  Trump is rescinding the funding using a pocket rescission. Unlike a typical rescission request that allows Congress to sign off on nixing the approved fundin…