The Big Beautiful Bill extends tax cuts that were to expire at the end of 2025, which gives a large tax cut to the wealthy.

IN the ever-evolving landscape of Philippine development work, few forces have had as much influence as foreign aid. For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has ...

USAID also delivered programmes aimed at supporting democracy, civil society, economic development and landmine clearance in war zones, as well as working to prevent organised crime, terrorism and ...

Reduced aid funding threatens the lives of women and girls worldwide as many NGOs that support them predict they will be forced to shut down soon.

Oxfam has responded to the closure of USAID by joining other humanitarian groups in a lawsuit to defend USAID and U.S. foreign assistance, which is ongoing. So what does the Trump administration's ...

On Feb. 11, organizations contracting with USAID filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, stating the executive order was “an unlawful and unconstitutional exercise of executive power ...

Mark Suzman, the head of the Gates Foundation, said that while government cuts sharpened the urgency to announce plans to wind down the organization, they didn’t spur the decision.

The current suspension has already caused clinic closures, healthcare worker layoffs, and critical medicine shortages across East and Southern Africa. The impact extends beyond HIV/AIDS.

USAID closure causes pain on home soil Since taking office, President Trump has effectively shut down USAID, a program designed to provide humanitarian relief abroad, causing immediate impact to USAID ...

Trump, Musk target USAID Meanwhile, Trump has claimed that USAID was full of fraud and controlled by far-left activists, apart from calling the agency a criminal organization.