Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella organization funded by Bill Gates that works on a sprawling range of climate issues, announced deep cuts to its operations in an internal memo Tuesday.

“Bill Gates remains as committed as ever to advancing ... Gates’ foundation shares many grant recipients with USAID, and he has predicted “millions of deaths” if the cuts are not restored.

Billionaire philanthropists and foundations are reeling from US President Donald Trump’s decision to gut America’s foreign ...

Media outlets began circulating news this week that the United States had been added to a “global human rights watchlist” due ...

In the wake of US funding cuts for global aid, numerous donor-funded health facilities in South Africa have shut down and ...

Preserve an outdated, opaque system riddled with inefficiency, or forge a leaner, results-driven model that actually serves those in need.

The Trump Administration's plan to shut down USAID, which houses the Food for Peace program, should be rejected. Food for Peace, started by President Eisenhower, is vital in fighting global hunger ...

Then came USAID’s own reckoning. In August 2024, an Inspector General’s report confirmed what critics long suspected — systemic due diligence failures had left billions in taxpayer ...

The Trump administration's cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire ...

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s USAID spending freeze will take cheer from the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene this week. But there is less cause for celebration than they claim.