A career employee at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly been placed on administrative leave after he refused to carry out firings ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Newsweek has reached out to USAID via email outside of normal working hours.

Updated US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen nearly all foreign aid cash for a full-on government review, including funds to defend America's allies from cyberattacks as well as steer international computer security policies.

Hours after taking office last week, United States President Donald Trump announced a temporary freeze on almost all foreign

A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign aid upends humanitarian work around the world.

President Donald Trump said this week that he stopped the United States from sending $50 million “to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.” The claims made by Trump and his new press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, were met with an uproar from social media.

A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.

Interim government officials say their U.S. counterparts delivered positive news despite President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze order on foreign aid.

President Donald Trump has bizarrely lied that the U.S. was sending $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas then used to make bombs.

President Donald Trump said his administration blocked $50 million for condoms to be sent to Gaza through its pause on foreign aid. But it has provided no evidence that $50 million was ever directed toward condoms for Gaza.

Trump's aid freeze has left humanitarian projects in Ukraine without funding in the middle of winter, prompting concerns that many would have to close down. Zelensky's comments suggest that Kyiv is hoping that Europe and domestic funders can make up the shortfall as U.S. policy is being worked out.

In meeting with Alex Soros, Muhammad Yunus discussed rebuilding the economy of Bangladesh and carrying out some economic reforms.

Over the years, Nigeria has been a major beneficiary of foreign aid in addressing its growing economic and health challenges, with the United States being