Trump Plans To Strip Pandemic Response From Health Officials, Move It To State Department
The plan would see the international role currently held by USAID stripped away. Instead, power would be centralized in the safely inspector-general-free State Department, with Deborah Birx as the expected head of this new division.
Mike Pence’s Office Rerouted Foreign Aid Money To Favored Christian Groups
Officials at USAID warned that favoring Christian groups in Iraq could be unconstitutional and inflame religious tensions. When one colleague lost her job, they said she had been “Penced.”
Mick Mulvaney Trashes Own Staffers To Defend Trump Cutting Aid To Central American Countries
On CNN, Jake Tapper said Trump's border experts have explained USAID monies are actually helping Central American countries like El Salvador, to cut the crime rate and migration issue, but acting COS Mick Mulvaney demeaned administration officials by calling them, "career staffers."
Mick Mulvaney Sneers At Administration Officials Defending USAID Aid To Central America
Even though Trump's own administration is telling him that USAID support to Central American countries is helping, he's blocking it anyway.
Rachel Maddow Responds To Jon Stewart's Criticism That Her Reporting On USAID Was Too Political
Rachel Maddow responds to Jon Stewart's criticism of her reporting this week on USAID and has no apologies for Stewart.
Maddow: I know that's polit
