Devex1h
Scoop: Even Washington’s favorite UN agency has to tighten its belt
The U.N.’s premier food agency implements restrictions on recruitment, travel, and procurement, as the U.N. system in a stingy donor climate worsened by the U.S. funding freeze.
30,000 tons of food stuck in Houston port after Trump halts foreign aid
The food was purchased through a USAID program to feed hungry people overseas is stuck at a warehouse in Houston's port.
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of U.S.-funded grants, according to an ...
NBC Right Now2h
Applications for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds available for local organizations
United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties announced on Feb. 6 that applications for funds from the Emergency Food and ...
Trump’s Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs
The Trump administration's Justice Department has disbanded a Biden-era program aimed at seizing the assets of Russian ...
Metro and Capital Area Food Bank unite for annual Fill-A-Bus hunger relief effort
Metro will park a bus in front of various Giant Food stores near Metro stations across the DMV throughout the next week. The ...
Halt in U.S. aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that ...
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and ...
Trump’s demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas
U.S. aid staffers worldwide are scrambling for answers and starting to pack up households or pull their children from school.