'Humiliating, degrading': US health employees turned away after showing up to work, recall how they learnt of layoffsThe Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, aiming to slash around 10,...
02 Apr, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Atlanta Falcons sign two-year contract with cornerback Mike Ford: ReportMike Ford is returning to play for the Atlanta Falcons for a second time. He previously played for the team in 2022, starting in two out of...
12 Mar, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
After heated cabinet feud, Marco Rubio seeks truce with Elon Musk in attempt to ease White House tensions that shook Donald Trump administrationThe Trump administration has canceled 83% of programs run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), ending 5,200 contracts in...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
U.S. actions may set polio eradication back, WHO saysThe eradication of polio as a global health threat may face delays due to significant U.S. funding cuts, potentially resulting in more chil...
03 Mar, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
Thousands of USAID employees given just 15 minutes to vacate workstationsThousands of USAID workers have been fired or placed on leave as the Trump administration dismantles the agency, drastically cutting foreig...
27 Feb, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
Emergency fundraisers offer a lifeline to groups who've lost foreign aidNonprofits are fundraising to help organizations affected by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid. Unlock Aid launched the Fore...
26 Feb, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
Honeymoon over? More and more Republicans, including diehard MAGA farmers and teachers, regret voting for Donald Trump; here's what they have to sayDonald Trump’s policies are causing regret among Republican farmers and teachers as funding cuts and aid freezes impact their lives. Farmer...
17 Feb, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow againU.S. District Judge Carl Nichols has extended the halt on the Trump administration’s plan to reduce USAID staff and freeze foreign aid fund...
14 Feb, 2025, 09.14 AM IST
Federal layoffs incoming? Donald Trump’s plan to shrink the Bureaucracy gains momentumPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order initiating widespread layoffs in federal agencies. The move, enforced by Elon Musk’s D...
13 Feb, 2025, 07.24 PM IST
Donald Trump’s USAID cuts and missing CDC data: How global health and aid are changingUSAID staff cuts could disrupt aid projects and strain US ties with developing nations. The move has also reportedly halted over 30 clinica...
07 Feb, 2025, 10.35 PM IST
USAID was dismantled so fast by Elon Musk-led DOGE that one sacked employee had to be rehired to process time sheets of other staffElon Musk-led DOGE dismantled the $40 billion US Agency for International Development, impacting 10,000 employees and contractors. Critics ...
07 Feb, 2025, 08.39 PM IST
Donald Trump fires over 9500 people working in USAID; workforce reduced to less than 300, say reportsDonald Trump has drastically reduced the USAID workforce, cutting over 9,500 jobs and leaving fewer than 300 employees. This move is part o...
07 Feb, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Trump administration said to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globallyThe Trump administration plans to drastically cut the staff at USAID to fewer than 300 employees out of over 10,000, sparking concerns abou...
07 Feb, 2025, 07.43 AM IST
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essentialThe Trump administration is recalling U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staff except those deemed essential, disrupting its...
05 Feb, 2025, 09.14 AM IST
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine. Here's howU.S.-funded aid programs globally face halts and layoffs as a significant freeze on foreign assistance and domestic federal grants by the T...
28 Jan, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
President Biden nominates two prominent Indian-American doctors to key rolesWest Virginia's former health commissioner Dr Rahul Gupta was nominated as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy....
14 Jul, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
- Post 9/11, Pak has received USD 18 bn in US aid
Since the 9/11 attacks, Pakistan has received more than USD 18 billion in assistance from the US, about two-thirds of which is security rel...
18 Feb, 2011, 12.37 PM IST