Trump officials circulate plan to overhaul US foreign assistance
Source: The Hill
03/20/25 12:23 PM ET
Trump administration officials are proposing new plans to overhaul how America gives out foreign assistance in the wake of efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
In memos circulating on social media, Trump administration officials call for moving USAID’s independent operations under the authority of the State Department and renaming its work the U.S. Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA).
USAID’s independent operations were enshrined by Congress, and a federal judge ruled earlier this week that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) likely acted unconstitutionally in its two-month blitz to effectively shutter the agency. Another federal judge ruled earlier this month that President Trump overstepped his constitutional authority with his administration’s initial freeze of foreign aid.
Democrats have loudly protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio and DOGE’s shutdown of USAID, which involved closing its facilities, cutting staff off from their emails and terminating the majority of programs. Republicans have publicly backed the moves as in line with reducing government’s cost, while privately pushing to maintain U.S. foreign assistance as a key tool of national security.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/5205429-trump-administration-foreign-assistance/
It's NOT the Executive Branch's job to "overhaul" foreign assistance. THAT is what Congress is supposed to.
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