The US president, and Elon Musk's cost-slashing department, have suffered their first big setback in their strategy to cut ...

The judge temporarily barred USAID from putting 2,200 workers on paid leave after employee groups filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s authority to shut down the agency.

USAID is the American government's principal arm for overseas development. It was formed via an executive order by then President John F. Kennedy and currently employs around 10,000 people, two thirds ...

District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause.

Federal workers removed USAID lettering from the facade of the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday, even as the agency’s 10,000 or so employees and foreign aid programs remain in limbo.

We’re tracking fast-moving developments in key cases covering President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration, transgender ...

Foreign aid starts out as appropriated dollars. The State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development turn the dollars into contracts. Which means the Trump administration’s pullback on ...

On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID's leadership of "insubordination" and said he was now its "acting head". US President Donald Trump and one of his top advisers, billionaire Elon ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad ...

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.