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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Donald Trump illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Shake up foreign aid, but don’t shoot it down

By Steven R. Galster

U.S. Agency for International Development worker Juliane Alfen gets a hug from a former USAID worker after retrieving her personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Tearful workers clear desks as Trump cleans house at USAID

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A street sign with names of U.S. government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building, including the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID headquarters in Washington, is pictured with one building occupant taped, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

USAID workers are given 15 minutes to clear out their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled

By Gary Fields - Associated Press

Sibusisiwe Ngalombi, 42, who is a community health worker, shows a USAID jacket she used to wear in Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Trump’s ending of 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts slams programs around the world

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP turns up heat on USAID, highlights foreign aid for fashion shows and meals for terrorists

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The flag of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, flies in front of the USAID office in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

USAID wasted millions on Ukrainian pet products and fashion junkets, Sen. Ernst says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: USAID, well-known cash waster

Financial corruption of U.S. dollars in Ukraine illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

U.S. investigating theft claims of its Ukraine-bound weapons

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Children pick anti-retroviral drugs at the Nyumbani Children's Home orphanage that is heavily reliant on foreign donations in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

U.S. aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle

By Nicholas Komu - Associated Press

Priya Kathpal, right, and Taylor Williamson, who work for a company doing contract work for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, carry signs outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judge releases hold on Trump’s plan to slash USAID

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Dr Brian Diers, associate director of the Soybean Innovation Lab, waters soybean plants in the growing chamber, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

Dr Brian Diers, associate director of the Soybean Innovation Lab, waters soybean plants in the growing chamber, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: USAID is infected

The American flag flying alone beside an empty flagpole that previously had the flag of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are pictured in the reflection of a window that previously had the sign and the seal of USAID, outside the agency's headquarters in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

USAID employees want a judge to keep blocking Trump’s effort to pull most of them off the job

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Dr. Mohammad Fares, right, watches a man close the Sarmada Health Center, in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Trump’s foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

By Robert Badendieck and Ghaith Alsayed - Associated Press

The U.S. Agency for International Development sign is seen outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge orders Trump to lift freeze on foreign aid funds temporarily

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press