Trump Administration Ends Some USAID Contracts Providing Humanitarian Aid, Officials Say

Republicans move to use $2 billion from USAID for veteran housing - Washington Examiner

EXCLUSIVE — Two Senate Republicans are looking to use funding allocated for the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development to instead pay for repairing housing for veterans as the Trump administration works to shutter the agency.  Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are introducing the Veterans First Act of 2025 in the Senate on Thursday. The bill, exclusively obtained by the Washington Examiner, seeks to repurpose $2 bill…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday informed all its foreign staff that it will be fired in mid-August, according to an internal email viewed by CNN. This decision comes at a time when the Trump administration seeks to completely abolish the U.S. independent humanitarian agency and transfer some of its work to the State Department. Foreign service citizens (non-U.S. employees working in U.S. diplomatic mis…

South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died during a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.

South Sudanese children die as US aid cuts shutter medical services: NGO

US aid cuts force South Sudanese clinics to close, leaving cholera patients dead on a desperate trek for medical care.

Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Wildlife Conservation Across the Globe - One Green Planet

Trump’s budget cuts to USAID put critical wildlife conservation projects at risk, leaving endangered species more vulnerable than ever. The post Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Wildlife Conservation Across the Globe appeared first on One Green Planet.

Eight cholera patients in South Sudan die walking to clinic after US aid cuts, charity say

NAIROBI, April 9 — Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said today. The deaths last month are among the first to be directly attributed to cuts imposed by US President Donald Trump after entering office on January 20, which he said were to ensure grants were aligned with …