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Rethinking Foreign Aid: Rick Whitaker on New Paradigm for Infrastructure and Energy Resilience

Whitaker's extensive experience at the policy level and in the field, spearheading fuel cell power plant initiatives, managing large-scale renewable energy and hydroelectric projects, and more informs his insights regarding reimagining how the US delivers infrastructure support overseas.

International Business Times

Trump Admin Proposes USAID Overhaul, Seeks More Humanitarian Aid Power For State Department: Reports

The Trump government is reportedly floating a proposal that will completely revamp the way the U.S. distributes foreign aid. The plans include the elimination of multiple bureaus under the USAID, as well as the transition of other programs into the State Department.

International Business Times

With aid cuts looming, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face halved rations and misery

Frustration runs high in sprawling camps of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the freeze on American foreign aid

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Australia in discussions to avoid ‘devastating consequences’ of US aid cuts for Pacific nations

Penny Wong says diplomats are consulting US government and ‘engaging with countries in our region’ to determine need for additional support

The Guardian - AU

US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on March 18, 2025. The court order to pause the agency’s shuttering came days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that 83% of its programs had been cut.

The Conversation

Trump halted toxic Agent Orange cleanup

Diplomats in Vietnam warned that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe

Salon

Bill Gates warns he can’t make up funding difference after US government stripped global health payments: report

Cuts to foreign aid have resulted in disruptions to life-saving health care in multiple countries

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Bill Gates reportedly warned Trump his foundation won’t be able to fund global health gaps if the administration keeps making major cuts

Gates Foundation officials have previously said “no foundation” can effectively replace the U.S. government’s foreign aid funding.

Fortune

'Anti-American'? US Questions UN Agencies, International Aid Groups

Washington has questioned UN agencies, nonprofits and charities that received US funds on whether they have "communist" links or support "gender ideology", and other topics targeted by US President Donald Trump, a dozen groups told AFP. A list of 36 questions was sent to small and large organisations alike as…

International Business Times

Ivory Coast is losing US aid as al-Qaida and other extremist groups are approaching

The Trump administration's sweeping cuts in foreign aid have impacted programs in northern Ivory Coast to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

UN Migration Agency Laying Off Around 20% Of HQ Staff Amid US Aid Cuts: Sources

The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday.

International Business Times

'It is a dangerous strategy, and one for which we all may pay dearly': Dismantling USAID leaves the US more exposed to pandemics than ever

The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are more vulnerable to a pandemic than ever.

LiveScience

'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid

The Independent UK

Doubts Over Climate Funding As Donors Squeeze Aid

There are growing doubts about a pledge by rich nations to provide more climate finance to poorer nations, as foreign aid budgets are slashed and the US guts environmental spending.

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District Court Rules Trump Violated Constitution by Usurping Congress's Spending Power

The decision involved administration attempts to withhold spending on foreign aid contracts, but has much broader implications.

International Business Times

'Getting Scary': US Aid Cuts Undermine Global Fight Against TB

The Trump administration's sweeping foreign aid cuts will send tuberculosis cases and deaths soaring around the world, humanitarian workers have warned.

The Independent UK

Suspension of USAID funding by Trump administration likely violated Constitution, judge says

For the second time, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pay out money Congress appropriated to foreign aid partners

The Conversation

How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones

The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State Department’s critical diplomatic programs; it has also announced tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. As scholar Borja Santos Porras has noted, these measures may lead to modest savings, however, the long-term damage to the reputation…

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Save the Children CEO Claims Trump's Aid Cuts Threaten the Lives of Millions of Kids Worldwide

Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts threaten the lives of millions of children worldwide, Save the Children CEO claims.

The Independent UK

From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze

Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and even the United States

Latin Times

Judge Gives Hard Deadline To Trump Administration To Make USAID Payments After Legal Setback

The case stems from lawsuits filed by several non-profit organizations over the Trump administration's foreign aid freeze as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending

The Conversation

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a court case regarding the president’s legal right to stop payment of nearly US$2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development contracts poses an important legal question whose answer may show just how strong the country’s separation of…

The Guardian - UK

US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security priorities

International Business Times

US Ends Aid Supporting Opposition To Latin American Authoritarians: Report

U.S. programs supporting opposition activists, political prisoners and religious groups in countries controlled by authoritarian parties in Latin America have been halted

Latin Times

U.S. Ends Aid Supporting Opposition To Latin American Authoritarians: Report

U.S. programs supporting opposition activists, political prisoners and religious groups in countries controlled by authoritarian parties in Latin America have been halted

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