03 February 2025

News: Dismantling USAID & Impact of Aid Freeze

Aid freeze:

"Inside the Chaos, Confusion, and Heartbreak of Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze," Time Magazine, 1 Feb. 2025 [text]

"‘People Will Die’: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True," Ms. Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025 [text]

Preliminary Findings from ICVA Survey on impact on humanitarian aid, local partners and NGOs (ICVA, Jan. 2025) [text]
- See also ICVA's resource page on the suspension of humanitarian aid.

Preventing Deaths During the 90-Day Assistance Freeze (CGD Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Trump Vol. 2 Will Impact Global Development (PRIO Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Trump’s Pause of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America: An “America Last” Policy (WOLA, Jan. 2025) [text]

"Trump’s ‘America First’ approach is already hurting Americans," MSNBC, 31 Jan. 2025 [text]

"Which countries will Trump’s foreign aid suspension hurt most?," Al Jazeera, 31 Jan. 2025 [text]

USAID:

Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order? (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

[Letter from Members of House & Senate Foreign Relations Committees to Acting USAID Administrator] (31 Jan. 2025) [text]
- Note: One of the signatories, Sen. Schatz, has indicated he will block Trump nominees until USAID is back up and running.

U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview (US Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2025) [text]

"USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say," CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025 [text]
- See also related CNN news article.

USAID Under the Trump Administration (US Congressional Research Service, 3 Feb. 2025) [text]

"What is USAID and why is Trump reportedly poised to close it?," BBC News, 3 Feb. 2025 [text]

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