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Fact-checkers face intimidation in Eastern Europe as USAID cuts embolden authoritarian tactics
Until very recently, USAID was a longtime pipeline for the U.S. government to distribute foreign aid, including to ...
Amid USAID chaos, some humanitarian aid groups still aren’t getting paid for lifesaving programs
Scores of organizations are grappling with canceled US Agency for International Development contracts and little to no ...
Exclusive: All local workers, US diplomats to be fired from USAID, sources say
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering the ...
Global Investigative Journalism Network1d
As Social Platforms Withdraw Support, Professional Fact Checkers Fight Disinformation and ‘Systemic Assault’ on Facts
During a panel at ISOJ, professional fact-checkers discussed platform-enabled mis/disinformation in an era struggling with ...
Devex2d
The 23 USAID nonprofit organizations that lost the most
After the landslide of USAID award cancellations, 23 nonprofit organizations lost $6 billion. Devex crunched the numbers to find out how much each lost and what's left for these organizations to hang ...
Opinion: Are the consequences of cutting USAID worth it?
Standing there, I reflected on what a shame it was that there was not more help for these people, while simultaneously ...
Blitz6dOpinion
USAID funding and NATO’s influence in Moldova
Since President Donald Trump’s administration froze and subsequently slashed funding for the U.S. Agency for International ...
TwinCities.com15d
Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
The judge acknowledged that it’s likely that USAID is no longer capable of performing some of its statutorily required functions. “Taken together, these facts support the conclusion that USAID ...
Tennessean15d
USAID shutdown effort 'likely' unconstitutional: judge
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from firing any more USAID employees or terminating USAID contracts, writing that efforts to speedily shut down ...
AOL15d
Judge blocks Trump, Musk from dismantling USAID in blow to crown jewel of DOGE cuts
Maryland US District Judge Theodore Chuang imposed a preliminary injunction, ordering the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees at USAID, including those who ...