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Malek Fouda

USAID closes its doors after six decades of global humanitarian operations amid Trump crackdown

After six decades of operations, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been ended by US President Donald Trump.

The closure is part of the administration’s crackdown on the federal government and was one of the prime targets of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which sought to eliminate “wasteful” government spending.

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