USAID

China Swoops In to Court Africa After Trump’s Lesotho Joke

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing on Friday that his government will step up investment, financial assistance, and diplomatic outreach to Africa, seemingly seeking to exploit an opening created by reduced foreign aid under President Donald Trump, and a joke Trump told earlier this week that has rubbed some Africans the wrong way.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference during the ongoing National

USAID Dollars Sent to Mexico to Combat Cartels Produced Dismal Results

United States taxpayers have sent more than $3 billion to Mexico since 2008 to combat the drug cartels that have mercilessly flooded illicit narcotics, including fentanyl, into the country. Despite the infusion of U.S. tax dollars funneled to Mexico through the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and USAID, the cartels have become stronger rather than weaker.

Cartel Violence - Drug and Human Smuggling (Cartel Chronicles/Breitbart Texas)

Katherine Long, WSJ Reporter Who Targeted DOGE Staffer, Used to Work for USAID

Katherine Long, a Wall Street Journal reporter who apparently took down a 25-year-old member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with an article on his offensive past comments, previously worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — which the Trump administration has slashed considerably, angering elites in Washington, D.C.

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Rubio: ‘We Have Rank Insubordination’ at USAID

Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Special Report,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Trump administration’s move to wind down the functions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Marco Rubio on FNC, 2/3/2025