Will Donald Trump's USAID crackdown affect India? Here's all you need to know

1 year ago

The US Agency for International Development halted all operations in India this week amid a funding review by the Donald Trump government. The newly inducted Republican leader may soon bring the agency under State Department control — days after he imposed a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance.

What happens now?

USAID has been one of the agencies hardest hit as the new administration and Elon Musk’s budget-cutting team target federal programs they say are wasteful or not aligned with a conservative agenda.

Staffers around the world were left scrambling Wednesday for answers and starting to pack up households or pull their children from school after a sudden Trump adm...

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