In the Pacific, the Biden administration made a real effort to increase U.S. presence, opening embassies and announcing USAID ...

As Trump moves to shutter the main vehicle of U.S. international humanitarian aid efforts, a host of environmental and climate programs have also been impacted.

Trump’s order threatens other programs such as the Pacific American Fund, a five-year, US$35 million aid project launched in 2020, and a US$50 million Pacific Islands Microfinance Partnership ...

USAID “is a criminal organization,” Musk, whom President Donald Trump has tasked with leading a government efficiency group — DOGE — wrote on X Sunday. “Time for it to die,” he added.

Claims about US funding for condoms in Gaza stem from misinterpreted details of a broader USAID medical assistance package.

Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding ...

A week after President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid, his administration removed two top USAID security officials after they refused to grant representatives of Elon Musk’s ...

President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after recent news reports that he is considering merging the agency with the State ...

Five others close to the administration said they weren’t aware of specific plans but that USAID’s independence is definitely not guaranteed. All were granted anonymity because they weren’t ...

"Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will work remote tomorrow, with the exception of personnel with essential on-site and building maintenance functions individually ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort early Monday, saying work is underway to shut down the US Agency ...

Nearly 30 career staff in the agency's Legislative and Public Affairs bureau lost access overnight to their emails, the sources said, bringing the total number of senior USAID career staff who h ...