‘The effort will balance genuine humanitarian relief with the need to use taxpayer dollars wisely to advance American interests at home and abroad,’ internal memo says President Donald Trump’s State Department completed its review of U.S. foreign aid, identifying nearly 15,000 grants worth $60 billion for elimination, an internal memo reviewed by the Washington Free … [Read more…]
Dozens of demonstrators lie down in government office building to warn against dismantling foreign aid agency Fired USAID employees and advocates for people with HIV staged a protest in a Capitol office building on Wednesday, warning that Donald Trump’s drive to dismantle the agency tasked with implementing Washington’s foreign aid agenda imperils the fight against … [Read more…]
U.S. workers are starting off the year feeling pretty glum about their job security. Perhaps it’s because waves of layoffs at Meta and across the federal government have been dominating headlines in recent weeks. The release of the second season of the dystopian workplace drama Severance may also be contributing to the fear of getting … [Read more…]
Failure to faithfully implement the president’s policy is grounds for professional discipline, including separation,” the order says. One Voice for America’s Foreign Relation By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Article II of … [Read more…]
The University of Pittsburgh will see about $183 million less in government research funding — overall at least a 25% cut — under a new National Institutes of Health directive that went into effect Friday, a policy change that could chill Western Pennsylvania’s meds and eds economy. The cuts affect research universities nationwide, a move some … [Read more…]
The Trump administration’s efforts to slash research overhead costs have been put on hold for now. A federal judge ordered a nationwide pause late Monday to the Trump administration’s plans to slash National Institutes of Health payments for facilities and administrative costs. The restraining order was granted in response to a lawsuit filed by the … [Read more…]
The strong, uninterrupted partnership among the federal government, research universities, and industry underpins America’s leadership in biomedical discovery and its application to human health. Federal funding for scientific research has helped make the United States a magnet for outstanding talent, a springboard for ambitious ideas, and a wellspring of rapid and accelerating progress, manifested in … [Read more…]
Agency issued more than $34 million in contracts and grants contributing to Colorado’s economy this past year Hundreds of CEOs and staffers from Colorado-based organizations with live-saving, humanitarian missions gathered in a Five Points office space this week to weep, vent and strategize. On Tuesday, employees in the international development field convened at the Posner … [Read more…]
The claims that the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, receive funding from USAID or direct the funding of a multibillion-dollar U.S. government agency are manifestly false. These allegations are part of a broader effort to undermine international development work and delegitimize the independent funding of civil society organizations worldwide. Open Society is a … [Read more…]
CNN — US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ordered to return from their assignments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several employees, as part of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a group representing the agency’s foreign service members, painted harrowing pictures of their … [Read more…]