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Trump administration to burn nearly $10 million in contraceptives for poorer nations
The Trump administration plans to incinerate $9.7 million worth of contraceptives intended for poor nations, after declining ...
I worked for USAID for 11 years – this is how you build a foreign aid system that actually works
As USAID ends operations, a former officer proposes four ways the State Department can build a more effective foreign ...
Four plead guilty in massive bribery scheme at agency Democrats fought to protect from DOGE
A former USAID official and three businessmen have plead guilty to their involvement in a $550 million bribery scandal, ...
Senate passes bill to cut $9.4 billion in public broadcasting and international aid
The Senate approved a bill to cut $9.4 billion from public broadcasting and international aid, with the House facing a Friday ...
USAID programs now being run by State Department as agency ends operations
The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as USAID.
China Flexes Muscles at U.N. Cultural Agency, Just as Trump Walks Away
Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even ...
What the U.S. Pulling Out of UNESCO Means For 26 World Heritage Sites in the U.S.
UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States ...
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2026 Will Be a Key Year for Guatemala: The United States and the International Community Should Support the Restoration of Justice
Guatemala, as four institutions fundamental to democratic balance, governance, and the functioning of the rule of law will be ...
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Trump again opts to withdraw United States from UNESCO
The administration cited the U.N. agency’s anti-Israel bias, among other positions, in its decision to exit the group at the ...
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How Reagan's USAID Reforms Compared to Trump's | TIME
People protest outside of the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2025. People protest outside of the headquarters for ...
Trump administration pulling U.S. out of cultural agency UNESCO again
The White House accused UNESCO of supporting “woke, divisive cultural and social causes.” Trump also withdrew the U.S. from ...
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USAID cuts felt far outside Washington, D.C.: "Layoff trauma hit across ...
Lindsay Brown was working from home in Little Rock, Arkansas, when, during a company meeting in February, her employer said that due to the United States Agency for International Development not ...