A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

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As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.

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Trump’s Attempts to Change the Topic From Epstein: A Timeline

President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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Trump Official Accused PEPFAR of Funding Abortions in Russia. It Wasn’t True.

PEPFAR, the AIDS relief program, hasn’t operated in Russia since 2012.

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State Department Begins Mass Firings

Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s standing and influence could be high.

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State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

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Girls in Africa Aren’t Asking for Pity. They’re Asking for a Chance.

I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too comfortable fighting only for itself.

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Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.

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FBI Headquarters Moving to Ronald Reagan Building That Housed USAID

In his announcement, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not provide key details on the cost of the project or when employees would transition into the new headquarters.

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Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day

Two ex-presidents and a rock star thanked the outgoing workers of a doomed agency.

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