Trump says the US will help in Asia quake. A former official says the system is now in 'shambles'

Trump says the US will help in Asia quake. A former official says the system is now in ‘shambles’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. was going to help with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquake. But the effects of his administration’s deep cuts in foreign assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department will likely be tested in any response to the first…

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USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to keep DOGE from classified info

USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to keep DOGE from classified info

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Members of Musk’s Department of…

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Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then Monday, the new Trump administration announced a freeze on all federal loans and grants, though that pause has been rescinded. Nonprofits of all sizes are now grappling with how these changes…

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