Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
The posts raise questions about funding for certain projects and organizations, often claiming without evidence that the ...
Fact Check: USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions
U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promoted misleading statements about ...
The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
White House flags top USAID boondoggles under Elon Musk's microscope
The White House has released a list of USAID programs its considers wasteful and that it says abused taxpayer funds by ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction."
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating USAID is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans less ...
White House move to dismantle USAID sets off showdown with Democrats
Congressional Democrats are protesting President Donald Trump’s efforts to shutter a federal humanitarian aid agency, calling ...
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White House Claims Politico Received $8 Million In USAID Funding
The White House claimed Wednesday that Elon Musk's DOGE uncovered that USAID gave $8 million in funding to "subsidizing" ...
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White House ends USAID's taxpayer-funded news media subscriptions
Leavitt said that the team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was working on canceling the payments.
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White House flags top USAID boondoggles under Elon Musk's microscope
The White House also outlined USAID’s funding for coronavirus research, including millions of taxpayer dollars supplied to EcoHealth Alliance for coronavirus research, support for contraceptive ...
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Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction"
Earlier Monday, the White House released a list of examples ... have warned that any attempt to change USAID's structure and funding would require an act of Congress. Reap expressed dismay that ...
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USAID will further ‘national interest’ after ‘insubordination’ is rooted out, White House says
The White House wants a detailed account of where ... Trump’s 90-day freeze on USAID funding does not apply to programs in Israel and Egypt. Elon Musk declared Monday that he is taking a ...