5 entries in the ledger
In late August 2025, the administration employed a "pocket rescission," a late-fiscal-year funding proposal timed so that Congress would have no opportunity to act before the fiscal year ended, to withhold approximately...
Congress enacted a rescissions package that formally canceled previously appropriated federal funding, including money for foreign assistance programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The law converted...
The administration formally closed USAID's independent operations, following months of program terminations, staff reductions, and the transfer of selected remaining functions to the State Department. The closure...
DOGE personnel and administration officials locked USAID employees out of agency systems, froze programs and moved to place most staff on leave, while officials proposed absorbing the agency into the State Department...
On his first day in office, Trump signed Executive Order 14169, pausing most new U.S. foreign-development assistance for 90 days pending a review of programs for alignment with administration policy. Stop-work orders...