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PHOTO ESSAY: Lesotho faces deep uncertainty after tariff threats and foreign aid cuts

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts in foreign aid as well as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, the small southern African country of Lesotho faces deep uncertainty over its fight to end the HIV epidemic and its economy.

The Independent UK

Nearly 2,000 Foreign Office jobs ‘at risk’, says PCS union

Reduction in higher-level roles linked to government decision to cut foreign aid budget, says union

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s aid cuts reverse decades of HIV progress in tiny African nation

With the single stroke of Trump’s pen, much of a system credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives was dismantled

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

The Independent UK

Tory plans to further cut foreign aid would be ‘epic act of self-harm’ – expert

Bond chief executive Romilly Greenhill said she is ‘deeply concerned’ to hear the Conservatives plan to further cut aid.

Evening Standard

Former MI5 boss warns aid cuts risk UK’s influence on world stage

Baroness Manningham-Buller says the cuts will allow China to ‘move in’ and lessen Britain’s diplomatic power

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Hands Trump A Major Win, Allows $4 Billion In Foreign Aid Freeze To Stay In Place As Congressional Deadline Looms

On Friday, the Supreme Court gave the Donald Trump-led administration permission to keep $4 billion in foreign aid frozen, which was set to expire on Sept. 30.

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Supreme Court says Trump is allowed to freeze $4 billion in funding, overriding Congress’s spending power

Trump had deemed $4 billion in foreign aid funding, allocated by congress, wasteful

The Independent UK

Supreme Court allows US to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid funds - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to effectively cancel about $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid funds.

Roll Call

Trump’s shocking plan for $1.8 billion in foreign aid revealed – here’s where your tax dollars are really going

Feeding hungry people? America apparently won't be doing that anymore.

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Trump Admin To Shift Hundreds Of Millions In Funding To 'Confront The Marxist, Anti-American Regimes Of Venezuela, Cuba'

The Trump administration said it's shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid to "confront the Marxist, anti-American regimes of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua" as it ramps up pressure on Caracas.

Latin Times

Bill Gates calls on Congress to ‘show its values’ on foreign aid, or this year will see children’s deaths go up instead of down

Gates is putting his money where his mouth is: He said he will give away “virtually all of my wealth”—some $100 billion—which will be deployed to cure diseases in the poorest countries.

Fortune

Voices: It is deluded to slash foreign aid in refugee hotspots without expecting more boats to arrive

COMMENT: Prevention is always better than cure, writes Sarah Champion, so investing in ways for people to feel secure and earn a living in their home country through aid is important

The Independent UK

White House rescission strategy worries some GOP appropriators - Roll Call

Key House GOP appropriators are raising concern about the White House’s use of an untested budgetary tool to end some foreign aid funds.

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The Guardian - US

US supreme court clears way for Trump to withhold $5bn in foreign aid

Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of ‘pocket rescission’; aid groups now have until Friday to respond

Axios

Supreme Court lets Trump freeze $4 billion in foreign aid, for now

The order is not the final decision on the matter, but it means the money remains frozen pending the outcome of the Trump administration's appeal.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court paves way for Trump to cut $4bn in foreign aid

Emergency stay granted by court one day after government requests it be allowed to ignore lower court order.

Roll Call

Supreme Court for now allows US to hold funds it wants to rescind - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to hold on to billions in foreign aid funds that it wants to cancel.

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The Independent UK

Voices: A post-foreign aid world needs to be built on transformational tax and trade policies

COMMENT: As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel Kaboub

Axios

Trump appeals foreign aid freeze to Supreme Court

It follows a federal judge ordering the admin to release the billions approved by Congress.

The Independent UK

Trump gets big Supreme Court win and is allowed to freeze billions in foreign aid — for now

Government lawyers claimed unfreezing aid poses ‘grave and urgent threat’ to the presidency

Al Jazeera

Trump asks Supreme Court to let it cut billions in foreign aid

Request comes after an appeals court orders Trump to distribute the congressionally approved funds.

Roll Call

US asks Supreme Court to allow halt on some foreign aid spending - Roll Call

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the government to not make about $4 billion in foreign aid payments.

The Guardian - US

Maryland screwworm case has US officials bracing for return of an old foe

Rise in cases south of the border prompts concern over US livestock as Trump budget cuts hit research and foreign aid

Roll Call

Sen. Andy Kim, former USAID intern, reflects on seismic shifts in U.S. foreign policy - Roll Call

The New Jersey Democrat says he strongly rejects the Trump administration’s argument that foreign aid doesn’t serve U.S. interests.

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