People are definitely going to die even if we turned everything back on today, which isn’t going to happen.” The only reason that USAID was able to issue an exemption for the $78 million earmarked for Gaza is because the American government is obligated under the terms of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas negotiated in part by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff.

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

U.S. President Donald Trump'sadministration is considering merging the U.S. international aid agency (USAID) into the State Department in a major revamp that would shrink its workforce and align its spending with Trump's "America First" policy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting director the U.S. Agency for International Development, following days of upheaval at USAID as the Trump administration froze many of its programs.