The Latest Breaking News from Foreign Aid

Judge Gives Hard Deadline To Trump Administration To Make USAID Payments After Legal Setback

The case stems from lawsuits filed by several non-profit organizations over the Trump administration's foreign aid freeze as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending

Latin Times · Mar 7, 2025

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a court case regarding the president’s legal right to stop payment of nearly US$2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development contracts poses an important legal question whose answer may show just how strong the country’s separation of…

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025

US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security priorities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Supreme court rejects Trump request to continue freezing $2bn in foreign aid

John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett join liberal justices to leave in place lower-court order on USAid cuts

The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025

Supreme Court tells Trump to pay out $2 billion to USAID after rejecting his bid to pause spending

High court’s ruling clears the way for nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding to be released

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded

The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has upended the government agency’s longtime strategic role in implementing American foreign policy.

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025

Starmer Blindsided by Shock Tax Raid Bombshell as PM Battles Major Foreign Aid Revolt

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces growing unrest within his party after his decision to slash foreign aid in favor of increased defense spending sparked backlash.

The Fashion Central · Mar 5, 2025

Annie Lennox says UK will be hit by cuts to foreign aid

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said development assistance aid will be slashed to raise defence spending.

Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2025

White House installs Trump loyalist to lead independent agency in push to reduce foreign aid

Peter Marocco assigned as head of Inter-American Foundation after White House fires president and CEO

The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2025

Voices: Musk is wrong about foreign aid – it’s how countries show their character to the world

IN FOCUS: The evidence shows international aid – when spent correctly – can bring tremendous benefits and save millions of lives, writes expert and author Stefan Dercon. But if helping people cope with deprivation won’t convince the Maga crowd, advocates of aid spending will have to try a different argument

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025