Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar blasts Trump administration's push to cut federal programs
The Republicans have a trifecta with the presidency, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House under their control. All Democrats ...
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Ilhan Omar, fierce critic of Israel in Congress, easily wins primary after 2 stinging defeats for progressive ‘Squad’
Don Samuels came close to unseating Omar two years ago. This time, the margin was wider. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar won her Democratic party primary on Tuesday, securing a victory for the hardline ...
The Baltimore Sun4d
USAID saves lives across the globe
The Trump administration in recent weeks has moved to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), implementing a 90-day freeze on foreign aid, leading to significant ...
CBS News4d
With the dismantling of USAID, is the Trump administration defying the Constitution?
All gone, overnight,' for Kristina Drye and Adam Dubard — fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid distributed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. More than ...
The Washington Post4d
Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
But just how they would get back to the United States was unclear: The White House had frozen foreign aid spending about a week earlier and put senior USAID leaders on leave. The agency had ...
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USAID official says 'changes' to system have delayed payments to some staffers
Peter Marocco, a Trump loyalist and the architect of efforts to slash USAID as part of President Donald Trump's massive federal cuts, wrote in his eight-page affidavit that the agency is "working ...
The Nation4d
USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades. Senator Chris Van ...
The Hill5d
USAID should help those in need, not serve as a slush fund for leftist priorities
The logo had a shield and a handshake — the symbol for the U.S. Agency for International Development or USAID. At the time, we were living in Niger, in sub-Saharan West Africa. My dad ...
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Senate Dems slam USAID inspector general’s firing as doing more harm than good on curbing waste
A pair of Senate Democrats slammed President Trump’s firing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inspector general, calling on the administration to bring him back along with ...