Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That . . . Within two weeks of President Trump’s return to the White House, U S A I D was on the cusp of oblivion On Inauguration Day, Mr Trump signed an order pausing foreign aid But its instructions
Missteps, confusion and ‘viral waste’ at USAID - PressReader Missteps, confusion and ‘viral waste’ at USAID 2025-06-22 - By Christopher Flavelle, Nicholas Nehamas and Julie Tate WASHINGTON — It was the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the U S Agency for International Development’s new director looked like he might pass out, as the color drained from his face
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That . . . But U S A I D had come through the first Trump administration largely unscathed, and Marco Rubio, the incoming secretary of state, was a longtime supporter A little after 4 p m , Mr Gray issued an upbeat memo to the agency’s more than 10,000 employees, telling them to expect a focus on innovation and new partnerships
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That . . . Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U S A I D Posted 2025-06-22, New York Times Headlines photo The rapid dismantling of the global aid agency remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government, showing his willingness to tear down institutions in
Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U S Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have highlighted four
Experts Sow Confusion About State of COVID Pandemic Amid . . . While the virus continues along a loop of boom and bust repeatedly reset by its capacity for evolutionary escape, putting people in the hospital and out of work at a steady clip, U S officials and well-connected epidemiologists have abandoned public health in both practice and concept