NYU Professor Aaron Brown criticized a UCLA study claiming that cuts to USAID could lead to 14 million additional deaths by ...

Facing low approval rates, after last year's electoral losses, the Democratic Party is working to figure out its strategy ...

Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here's what happened By Melody Schreiber Published April 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM CDT Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images ...

A current USAID employee — who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity over fear of being fired — attended the rally and said they've been locked out of their work email, phones and ...

"USAID has become the place where the administration is demonstrating and developing its playbook for eviscerating other targeted agencies," Gawande told NPR.

Politics | NPR USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt 'unconstitutional and illegal' cuts After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs ...

Rubio said that the remaining 1,000 or so contracts would be administered by the State Department, which absorbed the U.S. Agency for international Development (USAID) last month.

KELEMEN: NPR has seen several cables from embassies requesting that Rubio keep USAID officials on staff, saying without them, the embassies don't have the contracting officers required to run ...

The headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development was closed weeks ago. Now, those who worked there are being allowed to return briefly to pick up their things.

NPR spoke to current and former staff and aid analysts about the possible reasons for this assault on USAID. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

"USAID has become the place where the administration is demonstrating and developing its playbook for eviscerating other targeted agencies," Gawande told NPR. "We should be concerned that this is an ...