The agency was the world's biggest foreign aid agency. The State Department, which now oversees whats left of USAID, said the cuts aren't what caused the food to expire. But Reuters and The Atlantic have reported that nearly 500 metric tons of high-energy biscuits used to fight hunger in emergencies are going to expire in July while in a warehouse in Dubai,

The charts below explain the cuts’ effects. In 2023 America spent $80bn on foreign aid, including money for humanitarian assistance, development and healthcare. Americans think that they are more generous than they are.

As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

With 1,100 metric tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.

The Senate is plowing ahead Wednesday evening on $9 billion in cuts to PBS, NPR and foreign aid, threats from Democrats be damned. Why it matters: Democratic leaders — and some high-level Republicans — say budget rescissions undermine the trust they need to pass the annual bipartisan spending deals.

After significantly cutting America’s humanitarian aid operations earlier this year, the Trump administration now has a surplus of food that it can’t use. What will become of it? The White House has a simple plan: incinerate it.

As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

The UK is spending so much money on housing asylum seekers that the amount of foreign aid for poorer countries will fall to its lowest level for 50 years, a watchdog has revealed.