Trump administration slashing 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents show
Internal documents reveal that the Trump administration is trying to implement it at the large-scale US International Development Agency (USAID), which is the United States International Development Agency (USAID). The grant reaches approximately 90% of foreign aid contracts and comes after a review of spending by the State Department. USAID aid was an early target […]
Trump admin cutting more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts: docs
The Trump administration plans to eliminate approximately $60 billion in foreign aid spending of 92% of grants issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The figures were included in a State Department memo detailing the results of a 90-day review of US foreign aid ordered by President Trump. The audit identified roughly 15,000 […]
SCOTUS pauses federal judge’s order on Trump admin foreign aid funding
U.S. Supreme Court Judge John Roberts suspended a federal judge's order on Wednesday requiring the Trump administration to pay contractors about $2 billion in foreign aid funds by midnight. The ruling comes after the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order blocking the release of US Agency for International Development (USAID) funds […]
Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid
The Department of Justice submittedEmergency applicationThe Supreme Court on Wednesday called for the Trump administration to block the midnight deadline for nearly $2 billion in locked-down foreign aid payments. A federal judge set deadlines after the administration failed to comply with his previous ruling to resume the flow of foreign aid agreements and grants as […]
Supreme Court blocks judge’s order that would have forced Trump admin to release billions in foreign aid
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging the freezing of federal funds from the U.S. International Development Agency. Temporarily the best court on the land It's blocked Orders from US District Judge Amir H. Ali until the court could become more heavily on the case. Ali had given […]
Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid
Secretary John Roberts temporarily delayed the midnight deadline as the Trump administration nearly freezes $2 billion in foreign aid paymentswas imposed by a lower judge who discovered that the administration had disregarded his ruling. The administration said it could not resume payments on the prompt schedule set by US District Judge Amir Ali to be […]
UK LGBTQ+ Charity to Cut Staff over Trump Foreign Aid Freeze: Report
The UK's top LGBTQ+ charities are reportedly considering cutting half of their staff as a result of US President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign aid payments. LGBTQ+ Charity Stonewall on the left and right is so dependent on money from American taxpayers that half of the 114 staff members have been forced to have foreign […]
Live updates: Trump praises Musk at first Cabinet meeting; DOGE panel dissects foreign aid
President Trump convened the first cabinet meeting Wednesday morning, more than a month before his second term. His right-hand man, Elon Musk, spoke first, and explained his role, and displayed his full influence on the presidential orbit. Congress is now rolling the ball with Trump's agenda in place, and on Tuesday night the House has […]
Foreign Companies Bail Out of China’s Tottering Economy
Foreign companies have emerged from China's weakened markets, indicating a clear lack of confidence in their ability to stabilize the economy of the communist regime and avoid financial collapse. South China Morning Post (SCMP) On Monday, two big names were pointed out towards the exit over the past two weeks. This week, US law firm […]
Along Thai-Myanmar border, Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid is deadly | USAid
Wa Kra Poe, a 30-year-old refugee from Myanmar, survived about two weeks without dialysis after President Donald Trump stopped foreign aid. “She never complained about what she was going through,” said the husband of the Meila refugee camp along the border in Taimian, where the couple lived with their two-year-old daughter, Thaw Wah, thaw. I […]