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Middle-class evangelicals who share the faith of George W. Bush are some of the strongest supporters of both Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and the DOGE cuts that led to the dismantling of USAID. Most ...
In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote ...
Although it’s commonly assumed to be much higher, foreign aid is just 1% of federal spending, so cutting it won’t begin to balance the budget. So instead, Trump and Musk attacked USAID by ...
Roderick Watson, of Maryland, is alleged to have received bribes valued in excess of $1 million while working at USAID, in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money.
Three contractors, a former government contracting officer, and two companies have admitted to a decades-long bribery scheme involving contracts worth over $550 million. A Thursday Justice ...
ProPublica uncovered a previously unreported request where federal agents spelled out their suspicions that Bukele might have diverted USAID funds to MS-13 as part of the secret deal.
The House of Representatives narrowly approved axing $8.3 billion in funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development and another $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...
Collins specifically opposes cuts to USAID funding for healthcare programs under PEPFAR, United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a program proposed President George Bush in 2003.