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The best recent coverage of the end of USAID. See usaidmedia.org for a comprehensive search of coverage by country, publication, author, etc.
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Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video
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January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Trump bombed Nigeria. Next door, he cancelled a USAID project keeping violence in check.
One night of missiles cost nearly ten times as much as a three-year peacebuilding program
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January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Marco Rubio’s Years of Strong Support for USAID Stand in Contrast to His Sudden Criticism of the Aid Agency
A CNN review of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s past comments shows he has been for more than a decade a major supporter of foreign aid and USAID, which in fiscal year 2023 distributed more than $40 ...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios on the future of US foreign assistance the1a.org/segments/dot...
dot Gov '26: The State Department and USAID
We explore the diplomatic consequences of the changes made at those agencies.
the1a.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Essential reading: SAIS Review analysis by Larry Garber and Ed McMahon on how U.S. development policy evolved across administrations, and what is possible going forward. saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/foreign-assi...
Foreign Assistance for International Development: Is It Cyclical or Dead? - The SAIS Review of International Affairs
Until the advent of Donald Trump’s second term, an important component of post-World War II international economic policy included the provision of assistance to countries rebuilding after armed confl...
saisreview.sais.jhu.edu
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Farm & Food File: Can someone give rural America some love?
President Donald J. Trump loves to point out that farmers “love” him. The November 2024 election results prove it’s no boast.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Two former USAID administrators on the USAID closure thehill.com/opinion/inte...
What Americans lost in the dismantling of USAID
Many Americans do not realize how profoundly the loss of USAID will affect us here at home.
thehill.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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A Brief Look at President Trump’s List of “Appalling” Aid Projects
During his speech to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Trump listed a number of foreign assistance projects he thought demonstrated “appalling waste.” Below is his list of examples a...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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The Painful, Seismic Shift in Humanitarian Aid—and What’s Next
In the face of the United States’ aid pullback, UN member states must seize this opportunity to reimagine and renovate an outmoded global humanitarian system.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts
The Trump administration’s decision to slash foreign aid has led to the deaths of thousands of children, a reality that officials continue to deny. In our latest video, @nytopinion columnist Nicholas ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Projects bringing water to drought-ridden land could end with USAID's dismantling
As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts
Warehouses in the US are full of foods that fight malnutrition, while kids go hungry in places like South Sudan.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Evangelicals Turned Their Back on PEPFAR
A religious movement that has so often taken public stands has been unusually quiet since Trump gutted the program to combat AIDS in Africa.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Ghana struggles to fight disease and poverty without vital U.S. aid
A study in The Lancet suggests that cuts to USAID could result in the death of 14 million people over the next five years. Ghana has long been seen as a beacon of democracy in West Africa, but it stil...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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How USAID cuts are impacting the fight against HIV in Kenya
The Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development have had reverberations around the world. The agency, which operated in over 100 nations and employed thousands of peop...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Cruel Attack on USAID
Trump’s assault on the aid agency poses a haunting question.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
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January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance
The potential for devastation is made plain by another order, concerning the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM