Global aid crisis deepens as US freezes foreign assistance
Trump’s funding cuts trigger panic, job losses, and life-threatening disruptions worldwide
An effigy of US President Donald Trump dressed as a jester is seen as people protest against the administration's decision to virtually shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 5 February 2025. The US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID on 4 February 2025 announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings. The agency said in a statement on its website -- which reappeared Tuesday after going dark over the weekend -- that the staff leave will begin shortly before midnight on 7 February.
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