“We’re shutting it down,” Elon Musk said over the weekend in reference to USAID, the country’s main aid agency, which oversees around $40 billion a year in spending and has been around since the early 1960s. Following two weeks of chaos across the aid industry after the new US administration ordered a 90-day freeze on … [Read more…]
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USAID terminates nearly all its remaining employees
The Trump administration is terminating nearly all of the remaining 900 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, in a final reduction in force. Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees, according to two senior USAID officials, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on behalf of the … [Read more…]
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Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Abolishing of USAID
Washington, DC – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement condemning the Trump administration for unilaterally shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) without Congressional approval. “For two months, the Trump administration has chaotically gutted USAID, ignoring Congress and leaving urgent questions unanswered, and now … [Read more…]
USAID – Terminated Awards: A total of 5,341 awards have been terminated since January 20,2025
Active Programs: USAID has 898 active and ongoing programs with a total estimated costof $78 billion and unobligated remaining value of $8.3 billion. These programs primarilyfocus on strategic and life-saving aid, including emergency food assistance and life-savingglobal health activities, including programs organized under the President’s EmergencyPlan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). MORE BELOW (MEMO TO CONGRESS).
EVENT – Thrown into Chaos: The Dismantling of USAID and its Real-Life Consequences (March 25,2025)
During this hearing, Members will hear from individuals working at USAID who the Trump administration removed suddenly from their posts. The panelists will share how critical programs they supported were disrupted, how these cuts weakened national security, and how Trump’s actions have jeopardized America’s soft power. What: Shadow Hearing, “Thrown into Chaos: The Dismantling of … [Read more…]
Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday introduced a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the USAID funding pause. The funds collected will go to a new Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund to pay for projects previously funded by USAID, Ethiopia’s biggest partner … [Read more…]
New Estimates of the USAID Cuts (as of March 20, 2025)
Last week we presented some estimates of the extent and distribution of cuts to USAID assistance carried out under Secretary of State Marco Rubio. These were based on a (now-dated) list of cancelled programs leaked to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and published by Punchbowl. Since then, a list of active USAID projects has also … [Read more…]