American taxpayer dollars are not private charity,” a senior official said. “Every dollar of foreign assistance has to advance the American national interest.” ...

A bipartisan bill allocates $50 billion for foreign aid spending in 2026, down from what was allocated in 2024 but billions more than what the Trump administration had signaled it would approve.

International aid flooded into Haiti after its 2010 earthquake, but quality-of-life improvements didn't follow for most ...

Despite trillions spent on foreign aid, poverty remains a persistent global problem. Mismanagement, corruption, and structural challenges have limited the impact of billions of dollars. Understanding ...

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How Trump has brutally reshaped foreign aid since returning to the White House - IN DEPTH: The President’s decision to halt ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) These developments rattled nongovernmental organizations around the world because ...

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 14 would create a global sanctions framework targeting foreign government officials accused of obstructing humanitarian aid, with provisions that ...

The White House announced last January that waging war on the "foreign aid industry and bureaucracy" would be among its first orders of business. Unfortunately, many other rich-country governments are ...

This analysis is Part II of a three-part series covering the need and urgency to center rightsholders in the future of U.S. foreign assistance. In a moment of tremendous flux, these commentaries offer ...