Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide. Feb 114:00pm 5:00pm EST Virtual RSVP Within months of taking office, Trump officials eradicated the world’s largest humanitarian agency, slashing thousands of lifesaving programs and putting millions of lives at risk. While many news organizations covered these developments, no one reported on the … [Read more…]
Since last March, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using AI tools from Palantir to screen and audit grants, grant applications, and job descriptions for noncompliance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting “gender ideology” and anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), according to a recently published inventory of all … [Read more…]
The Department of Transportation is reportedly planning to use AI language models to draft regulations, with humans relegated to monitoring “AI-to-AI interactions” and proofreading machine output. Legal experts warn this approach could produce arbitrary, error-filled policies lacking evidentiary basis, potentially putting lives at risk in areas like aviation safety and pipeline regulation while opening agencies … [Read more…]
A federal judge has nixed a request by the Trump administration to stay discovery in, and quickly move forward with, an ongoing lawsuit over cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In the underlying litigation, over two dozen pseudonymous current and former employees or contractors with USAID sued Elon Musk, arguing his then-position … [Read more…]
It’s hard to keep up with how the Trump administration is reshaping the job market for Black women. The Black Woman Job Tracker breaks it all down—free. blackwomenjobs.beehiiv.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its 2026 global appeal to ensure that millions of people living in humanitarian crises and conflicts can access health care. In 2025, WHO and partners supported 30 million people funded through its annual emergency appeal. These resources helped deliver life-saving vaccination to 5.3 million children, enabled 53 million health … [Read more…]
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too. Kathleen Walters was only 23 days away from qualifying for early retirement at the IRS when she decided to quit, rather than acquiesce to a Trump-administration request that she break the law and compromise millions of people’s privacy. She’s one of hundreds of thousands of … [Read more…]
One year ago, the Trump administration in the United States of America (US) issued a series of executive actions that upended global health and humanitarian programmes around the world, and severely damaged global cooperation and solidarity on these issues. Clinics shut their doors. Lifesaving medicines were stranded at ports. Health workers lost their jobs. The … [Read more…]
Email sent to diplomats by state department office’s new boss is labelled ‘racist’ after dismissing Africa as a priority US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to a leaked email sent to staff in the US state department’s Bureau of African Affairs … [Read more…]
As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so. BLANTYRE, Malawi—Earlier this year, McDonald Phiri crashed his bike near his home in southern Malawi. Laid up for months, the 49-year-old relied on an outreach worker to deliver the HIV prevention medicine that he … [Read more…]