Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide.
Feb 11
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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 decisions made by the agency with the depth and precision of ProPublica’s Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy. The team showed that even as senior Trump officials cut these programs — in one case celebrating with cake afterward — they had been repeatedly warned that people would die. The reporters then unequivocally connected the deaths of people, including children, who depended on this aid to decisions by U.S. policymakers and political appointees in Washington. MORE