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[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/trump-fires-usaid-overseas-employees by Joseph Gedeon and Robert Tait 11/6/25 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/trump-fires-usaid-overseas-employees by Joseph Gedeon and Robert Tait 11/6/25 The Guardian] | ||
In a Tuesday state department cable obtained by the Guardian, secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered the abolishment of the agency’s entire international workforce, transferring control of foreign assistance programs directly to the state department. | In a Tuesday state department cable obtained by the Guardian, secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered the abolishment of the agency’s entire international workforce, transferring control of foreign assistance programs directly to the state department. | ||
=====Catholic Relief Services faces uncertain future after Trump cuts aid funding===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/catholic-relief-services-faces-uncertain-future-after-trump-cuts-aid-funding by Deema Zein 26/5/25 PBS NEWS] | |||
One of the first major policy decisions of the second Trump administration was a significant change in spending on foreign aid. That eventually included effectively dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development, the primary organization that distributed those funds. Deema Zein reports on how one major recipient of USAID funding is grappling with the impact. | |||
