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The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain
All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, and traceability,” the memo reads. “This approach would encourage innovation ...
Thousands of USAID terminations to take effect by September in agency's final leg of 'drawdown'
Thousands of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees will be terminated by September as the ...
Memo says Trump would cut State budget by 50 percent: WaPo
An internal White House memo proposes cutting the budgets of the State Department and U.S. Agency for International ...
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a ...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for ...
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Trump Official Behind Huge Agency Cuts Is Already Out
Elon Musk’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hatchet man has been given the boot after just weeks on the job, according to the Wall Street Journal. Peter Marocco ...
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Pete Marocco tried to upend USAID in 2020 — and failed. In 2025, he dismantled it
Within the span of seven weeks, the Trump administration delivered major blows that left the 64-year-old United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in shreds. The quick and ...
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As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
Laura Meissner stands in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ...
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Trump to Reportedly Rename USAID, Involve Crypto, Blockchain Technology in Its Operations
According to an internal memo, President Donald J. Trump wants the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to be rebranded as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA).
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Judge temporarily halts Trump administration from ousting head of United States African Development Foundation
DOGE notified the foundation that a staffer with the Elon Musk-inspired department and Marocco, who’s tasked with dismantling the United States Agency for International Development, would be ...
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Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher
According to a memo circulating among State Department staff and reviewed by WIRED, the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ...
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Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID
FILE - Supporters cheers the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, as they carry their personal belongings after retrieving them from the USAID's headquarters in ...