{"id":234691,"date":"2025-02-08T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T15:28:14","slug":"here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump\u2019s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil<\/a> programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people across the globe.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., has been hit the hardest. Mr. Trump has accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration ordered thousands of the agency\u2019s workers to return to the United States from overseas; put all of the agency\u2019s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, on indefinite administrative leave<\/a>; and shifted oversight of the agency to the State Department.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced plans to gut the agency\u2019s staff<\/a>, reducing U.S.A.I.D.\u2019s<\/a> work force of more than 10,000 to perhaps a few hundred<\/a>. On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked<\/a> elements of the Trump administration\u2019s plan to shut down the agency, though the aid freeze remains in effect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n