The inspector general at the U.S. Agency for International Development was fired Tuesday, a day after his office released a report detailing the negative impact of the Trump administration’s dramatic downsizing of the agency, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. Paul Martin, who had been USAID’s inspector general since 2023, was notified of … [Read more…]
USAID Disaster – Telephone Town Hall on Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025
On Wednesday night, at 7:30 pm, Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Senator Chris Van Hollen are hosting a Telephone Town Hall to answer your questions and provide an update on Trump/Musk’s illegal actions and our efforts to fight back and protect our federal employees – both in Congress and in the courts. They wil be joined … [Read more…]
USAID Disaster – Telephone Town Hall with JAMIE RASKIN (Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025 @7:30PM)
USAID Disaster – Telephone Town Hall with JAMIE RASKIN – LIVE! Do you think the Trump Administration should engage in unilateral dismantling of federal agencies and impoundment of federally appropriated funds?
US Congress – “The USAID Betrayal” Hearing on Thursday, February 13 at 8:30 AM
If you’re keeping up with the latest on USAID, mark your calendars! The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to hold a hearing titled “The USAID Betrayal” on Thursday, February 13, starting at 8:30 AM. And guess what? It’s open to the public, so feel free to drop by if you can! The lineup of … [Read more…]
OIG AUDIT REPORT – Oversight of USAID-Funded Humanitarian Assistance Programming Impacted by Staffing Reductions and Pause on Foreign Assistance
On January 24, 2025, the Secretary of State ordered a pause in all new obligations of foreignassistance funding pending an 85-day review of United States foreign assistance programs.1 TheSecretary additionally ordered contracting and grant officers to issue stop-work orders for allexisting foreign assistance awards.2 As such, all USAID programs were suspended, includingthose with funds already … [Read more…]
CWS Challenges Suspension of Refugee Resettlement Program and Freeze of Refugee Funding
CWS Challenges Suspension of Refugee Resettlement Program and Freeze of Refugee Funding Lawsuit Was Filed in Federal District Court in Seattle on Behalf of Impacted Refugees and Faith Based Refugee-Serving Agencies (Seattle, WA) – Today, three national and local faith-based refugee-serving agencies and nine individuals filed Pacito v. Trump, the first lawsuit challenging President Trump’s … [Read more…]
Trump Administration Faces New Lawsuit From USAID Contractors (Chemonics, DAI, MSH…)
Several organizations, including the Global Health Council, the Small Business Association for International Companies and the American Bar Association, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against President Donald Trump and other federal officials over foreign assistance programs’ funding. Newsweek reached out for comment to the State Department via its online contact form. Why … [Read more…]
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Reverse Freeze on Foreign Aid Funding
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Marco Rubio, Secretary State and Acting Administrator of USAID, and Russell Vought, Director of the Office … [Read more…]
Elon Musk rumored to spend $40M on Superbowl ads to expose US government waste found by DOGE
SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk rumored to have spent $40 million of his own money on Superbowl ads to expose US government waste that DOGE has discovered. MORE
Politico’s must-read report uncovering the events that led to President Trump’s astonishing near-total shutdown of USAID
‘It’s like we’re in the Soviet Union’ To sum it up, USAID officials went ahead and disbursed $153 million in payments for completed work, all while a funding freeze mandated by Trump was in place, which sent acting agency head Peter Marocco into a frenzy. How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in … [Read more…]