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Where Does the Money Go? A Look at USAID Spending in Haiti
We’re shutting it down,” Elon Musk said over the weekend in reference to USAID, the country’s main aid agency, which oversees ...
USAID Made America Safer, Stronger and More Prosperous
The U.S. is by far the biggest single donor of foreign assistance in the world through the agency known as USAID, which ...
Maine nonprofit's work in Haiti hampered by USAID shutdown
A Falmouth-based nonprofit announced Friday it was closing a long-running prenatal and newborn care program that served thousands in northern Haiti due to the Trump administration's attempt to shut ...
How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs
In Washington, many conservatives are cheering the Musk-led DOGE’s gutting of USAID as an example of how it is possible to ...
Maine nonprofit ends maternal care program as Trump targets USAID
Falmouth-based Konbit Sante provided maternal and newborn care for thousands of Haitians before funding was frozen.
Ending USAID programs could undercut Trump's goal of slashing migration to the U.S., groups say
In Colombia and Haiti, U.S. money has provided tools for farming and fishing and given incentives for people to stay in those ...
Treatment for HIV, AIDS in Haiti hit by U.S. foreign aid halt despite waivers from Rubio
When growing gang violence and the kidnappings of healthcare workers forced Haiti’s leading organization in the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related illnesses to relocate operations from its main site in ...
As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves ...
USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
The move is the latest in a concerted effort by the Trump administration to shut down the US international aid agency.
"An absolute disaster": Musk's assault on USAID blamed for spread of HIV among newborns
The White House said it was allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but DOGE's actions suggest otherwise ...
Watchdog warns Trump’s dismantling of vetting at USAID means US money could reach terror groups
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its sweeping freeze on foreign assistance has made it more difficult to track potential misuse of US ...