Rachel Edwards helps us understand what it’s like to work in international humanitarian aid in the US in 2025, as executive orders from President Trump call for a pause in US foreign development assistance and DOGE has essentially dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

  

Sources: 

• White House: Executive action on Jan. 20 to pause US foreign development assistance 
• Pew Research: What the data says about US foreign aid 
• Samantha Bower on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• USAID updates: 
  • Reuters
  • NBC
  • AP
  • NPR

 

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