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Voters react to mass layoffs at federal agencies
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Watch live: House panel convenes hearing on USAID amid DOGE overhaul
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning looking into what GOP leadership has called the "betrayal" of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The ...The Hill - 6d -
'A lot of people will die': How Trump's USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan
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Weekend voting among changes needed to overhaul UK elections system, officials say
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Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk’s USAid crackdown
Region’s autocrats join in persecution of agency that provided aid and helped to build up civil society in 1990s. Across the former Soviet bloc, rightwing and autocratic governments have their ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
USAID signage stripped from D.C. headquarters amid agency dismantling
Letter by letter, crews removed the signage displaying “U.S. Agency for International Development” from the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington where the agency's headquarters once was. The seal ...NBC News - Feb. 7 -
USAID freeze risks 'deadly consequences' as work halts in Gaza, agencies warn
Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about Gaza after President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. Agency for International Development.NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Confusion, tears and 'Hunger Games' at USAID as agency prepares to go dark
"We feel like it's closing time at the store and we're the ones left to turn off the lights," one career official told ABC News.ABC News - Feb. 8 -
Trump fires USAID watchdog who released report on impact of agency cuts
President Trump fired the USAID inspector general one day after he released a report detailing the impact of the administration's cuts to the agency.CBS News - Feb. 12 -
USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say
Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.The New York Times - Feb. 7
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