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Fascism, the War on Complexity, and the End of Science
On February 11, 2025, the current US government published a website of the US Senate Commerce Committee (Chairman Ted Cruz) announcing the results of an “investigation” into research grants funded by ...
Trump’s Plan to Reshape USAID Could Be a Boost for U.S. Oil and Gas
Reliable, affordable energy remains essential for many countries. U.S. oil and gas companies stand to benefit from a foreign ...
OPB6d
A judge extends the pause on Trump's plan to put USAID workers on leave
A judge is set to extend the pause of President Donald Trump's plan to put employees on administrative ... out a push to shrink the workforce at USAID, an independent federal agency created ...
Forbes6d
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Orders Trump Administration To Temporarily Restore Foreign Aid Funding
A federal judge Thursday extended a freeze on the Trump administration’s plan ... USAID staffers on leave through Feb. 21, stopping the Trump administration from taking any further action ...
The Washington Post3d
Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
But just how they would get back to the United States was unclear: The White House had frozen foreign aid spending about a week earlier and put senior USAID leaders on leave. The agency had ...
Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump’s USAID shutdown
Senate Democrats are split over how to push back against President Trump’s attempts to slash the U.S. Agency for ...
The Hill6d
Judge temporarily blocks termination of USAID contracts in place before Trump inauguration
The Trump administration disclosed in court documents Wednesday evening that it had canceled more than 200 contracts issued by USAID since Tuesday morning. Those impacted include big names such as ...
Time6d
How Trump’s USAID Freeze Threatens Global Democracy
In Ukraine, USAID backed the Anti-Corruption Action Center—which exposes oligarchic ... Gutting the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—a George W. Bush initiative—also ...
Orlando Sentinel5d
Commentary: USAID did commendable, selfless work
Accompanying USSOF troops was the United States Agency for International Development/Office of Transition Initiative (USAID/OTI ... or any federal retirement plan, not even a matching 401K ...
The Denver Post6d
USAID gutting hits Colorado as organizations, small businesses struggle to survive
USAID oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in about 120 countries. Trump, Musk and Congressional Republicans have targeted the U.S. foreign assistance program with accusations ...
Christian Science Monitor6d
USAID cuts threaten America’s most successful global health campaign
Uncertainty over U.S. foreign aid’s future, as Trump ally Elon Musk dismantles USAID, has thrown the global campaign to ...
Snopes.com5d
A collection of USAID funding rumors, fact-checked
In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration moved to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), citing the overseas aid agency's alleged "waste" and "abuse ...