Maany Peyvan is a writer and former White House senior policy adviser under President Joe Biden. He served as the head speechwriter and adviser to USAID Administrators Samantha Power and Rajiv Shah.

Today, however, that line of reasoning is failing. Trump, Musk, and their allies are convinced that administering foreign aid ...

Rollins’ confirmation hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23 with the Senate Agriculture Committee. Similarly, Gray, who has been CIO of USAID since August 2022 and a federal technology official for close ...

As she prepares to cede her agency to an incoming Trump administration deeply skeptical of foreign aid, she has crafted a pitch for why a MAGA-run Washington should embrace USAID’s mission ...

USAID Administrator Samantha Power tells Andrea Mitchell that critical aid delivery into Gaza will expand after the ceasefire, especially helping civilians in Northern Gaza. However, Power ...

Samantha Power served as the USAID Administrator under the outgoing Biden Administration in the United States. With a new administration taking leadership in the U.S. under a new president ...

Azerbaijan began criticising USAID in late 2023 after Samantha Power, the agency's head, said that Azerbaijan's military operation to return its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh had "forced ...

BAKU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on ...

In a LinkedIn on Tuesday, Hernandez announced his new government role, serving under current USAID CIO Jason Gray. Before his new assignment, the new appointee held the same job at the Department ...

While several conflicts worsened, instability spread, and diseases emerged, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) continued to support progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS ...

The agency’s share of local funding has increased slightly since last year, a figure that outgoing administrator Samantha Power said will continue to tick up in the years to come. 2024 was a ...

The money, which is being given by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) will also help Kenya deal with food insecurity. Counties that will benefit from the five-year ...