US EditionTrump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake
- The State Department announced that it had reversed funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects made by mistake, according to a Tuesday statement.
- The WFP warned that the funding cuts could lead to severe consequences: 'This could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation.'
- The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration had previously cut funding to WFP programs aiding millions in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and other conflict-stricken countries.
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USAID: the human cost of Donald Trump’s aid freeze for a war-torn part of Sudan
The day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, his incoming administration abruptly paused the work of USAID, while also claiming that it would preserve USAID’s “lifesaving and strategic aid programming”. These dramatic, overnight cuts were an unprecedented – and deadly – experiment in relation to aid spending which will have a catastrophic effect on the lives of those who depended on it. The sudden suspension of USAID is set to make the famine …
Eight countries remain affected by the end of US funding for emergency food aid, rather than fourteen, the UN agency announced.
The United States has come back on its decision for six countries, a WFP spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The Trump administration is also trying to save money while fighting the many lawsuits regarding agency directives these days
One of the many executive orders issued by the Trump administration recently calls on federal agencies to demand that plaintiffs put money up when defending lawsuits against them. This is a federal procedure that is in the legal toolbox for them, but it is just now getting more emphasis as the number of those who have brought suit against agency actions has spiked recently. Sam Finnerty, who is a partner at the law firm PilieroMazza, joined the …
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