I worked for USAID. Here’s why the agency must be saved.
USAID creates economic opportunities for American companies abroad, exemplifies American values, and creates business ...
Foreign Affairs3d
The Promise of the Egyptian Plan for Gaza
In a press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah in February, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his proposal that the ...
Aid efforts in Gaza slow as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive, agency officials say
Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions ...
Rubio And Musk Praise Each Other Over USAID Cuts—After Reported White House Blowup
Rubio and Musk also teamed up over the weekend to attack Poland’s minister of foreign affairs, accusing him of being ...
Newsweek7d
Marco Rubio Announces Major USAID Cuts
In early February, the White House published a list of USAID projects which it said were evidence of "waste and abuse", including $6 million sent to promote tourism in Egypt, $1.5 million to an ...
The Conversation on MSN9d
Egypt on edge: finding a delicate balance between Gaza and Trump
US president Donald Trump famously called Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi his “favourite dictator” in 2019, but their ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Secretary of State Rubio says purge at USAID complete, with 82% of agency’s programs gone
Rubio’s social media post Monday said that review was now “officially ending,” with some 5,200 of USAID’s 6,200 programs eliminated. President Trump’s focus on fentanyl crossing into the ...
Newsday10d
Aid efforts in Gaza slow as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive, agency officials say
USAID was supposed to fund much of the aid to ... Trucks line up at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit: AP/Mohammed ...