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Alito's USAID dissent is a map for Trump

The Supreme Court justice insists that President Trump can disregard federal law simply because he disapproves

Salon · Mar 9, 2025

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025

'Grieving': US Federal Workers Thrown Into Uncertain Job Market

Unprecedented cuts to the US government overseen by President Donald Trump's billionaire advisor Elon Musk are sending thousands of federal workers and contractors back to the labor market -- but experts warn that hiring is low at this time.

International Business Times · Mar 8, 2025

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a court case regarding the president’s legal right to stop payment of nearly US$2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development contracts poses an important legal question whose answer may show just how strong the country’s separation of…

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Expedite Partial Repayment Of $2B USAID Debts

A deadline has been set for Monday to repay the amounts owed to at least nine aid groups that filed a lawsuit after President Donald Trump halted all U.S. foreign assistance.

International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025

US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security priorities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian agency

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

Trump sends mixed signals over the fate of the Department of Education

Democrats have denounced Trump’s proposal to close the department as placing added burdens on rural states and students.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2025

Mpox: Warning over ‘highly infectious’ new variant identified in Congo

The global community needs to ‘step up’ to prevent international spread, scientific community warns

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

US Ends Aid Supporting Opposition To Latin American Authoritarians: Report

U.S. programs supporting opposition activists, political prisoners and religious groups in countries controlled by authoritarian parties in Latin America have been halted

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2025