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USAID status 2025
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- The President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas.
- The Then-President John F. Kennedy had established the U.S. Agency for the International Development, known as USAID, during the Cold War.
- The Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act and Kennedy set up USAID as an independent agency in 1961.
- USAID supporters argued that U.S. assistance in countries counters Russian and Chinese influence.
- On his first day in office, Trump had also implemented a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance.
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