Lawmakers, legal experts warn shuttering USAID is unconstitutional

USAID: Considerations for contractors, recipients

It is probably an understatement to say that the presidential transition has caught the U.S. Agency for International Development and its community of contractors and recipients by surprise. Between a first-of-its-kind agency-wide pause of foreign assistance programs to the apparent effort to dismantle the agency and transfer its functions to the State Department of, officials, contractors and recipients have experienced a head-spinning few week…

Is Trump Breaking Federal Laws? We Asked Legal Experts

The second Trump Administration has wasted little time in testing the boundaries of executive authority. While many of the President’s supporters are cheering him on, some legal experts see a constitutional crisis unfolding, as many of Trump’s moves raise urgent legal and constitutional questions that could take years to fully unravel. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump, whose first term was marked by repeated clashes with the courts and Co…

Analyst warns 'rule of law hangs in the balance' as Trump plots to dismantle USAID

The plot by President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is blatantly illegal, and a core test of America's separation of powers, Brookings Institution scholar William A. Galston wrote for...

Commentary: Congress should use its power against Trump

On Jan. 27, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo ordering all federal agencies to “temporarily pause” provision of all federal financial assistance to assess compliance with the wave of executive orders issued in President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office. The vaguely worded order unleashed mayhem, as hundreds of nonprofit and private organizations that ...

Democrats say Trump's efforts to shutter USAID 'unconstitutional'

The headquarters of the foreign aid organisation USAID has been closed, as the US president moves to slash its funding and workforce.

Dem Rep. Connolly: Trump Can't Shut Down, Change USAID — It Was Created by Congress

Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said on CNN's "OutFront" that Congress created the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), therefore President Donald Trump could not shut it down or make significant changes.