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Trump uses decades-old maneuver to block $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress
President Donald Trump has taken the unprecedented step of canceling $4.9 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress, using a rarely invoked maneuver that effectively sidesteps the legislative branch. In a letter sent Thursday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Trump invoked what’s known as a “pocket rescission.” The tactic allows a president to…
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Trump administration petitions Supreme Court to halt $12B in foreign aid payments
The Trump administration is once again turning to the Supreme Court, seeking an emergency order...
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Divided appeals court backs Trump’s power to freeze billions in foreign aid
On Wednesday, a sharply split federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a significant...
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UN sounds alarm over Nigeria’s deepening hunger crisis as funding for food aid runs dry across West and Central Africa
An alarming hunger emergency is sweeping through Nigeria, where nearly 31 million people now...
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Trump’s Africa strategy swaps aid for trade—but at what cost?
When President Donald Trump hosted five African leaders in Washington this month, his comments laid bare a strained understanding of the continent. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English,...
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“Stop all work” – U.S. aid cuts derail HIV vaccine trials in South Africa
Just days before South African scientists were set to launch clinical trials of a promising HIV vaccine, their progress was abruptly halted. An email landed in their inboxes, brief and devastating: “Stop...
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Trump’s ‘good English’ comment to Liberian president triggers backlash and bewilderment
A seemingly offhand remark by U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked backlash in Liberia, where many viewed his comments as patronizing rather than complimentary. During a meeting with West African leaders...
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Global AIDS battle in crisis after U.S. aid freeze disrupts lifeline programs
Decades of progress in the global fight against AIDS are unraveling following the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. funding, sparking a dire warning from the United Nations of a looming surge in deaths and new...
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Here’s how the U.S. aid cuts are leaving Liberia’s health system and women in crisis
When 32-year-old Roseline Phay began searching for contraceptives five months ago, she couldn’t have known her efforts were already doomed. With two young daughters and barely enough to survive as...
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Obama, Bush and Bono decry USAID shutdown, blame Trump administration
In a poignant and private farewell, former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush joined U2 frontman Bono in bidding a tearful goodbye to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as the...
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Rubio orders global purge of USAID staff as Trump administration pushes ahead with reorganization
In a sweeping move that escalates the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday directed American embassies...
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Trump seeks $9.4B spending reversal, targeting DOGE-identified programs
The White House moved Tuesday to rescind $9.4 billion in previously approved federal spending, formally requesting that Congress cancel funding for programs identified as wasteful by Elon Musk’s...
