Feb 4, 2025 · Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish …
Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order?
Feb 1, 2025 · In short, Congress established USAID as its own agency and asserted its role in transfers of functions between USAID and State. It authorized the president to abolish or …
Trump ‘does not have the authority to abolish’ USAID: Congressional …
Feb 4, 2025 · The Congressional Research Service, a federal agency tasked with legislative research and analysis, published a Monday report declaring President Trump does not have …
Why is the Trump administration targeting USAID?
4 days ago · When Rubio was in the Senate, for instance, he was the lead sponsor of legislation in 2016 to make sure USAID established and monitored clear goals in line with Congressional …
Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID
Feb 3, 2025 · Donald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority represent another unprecedented move by a …
What to know about Trump, Musk and the dismantling of USAID
Feb 5, 2025 · Here is what the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan, independent policy research and analysis arm of the United States Congress, said about whether the …
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID …
5 days ago · The plaintiffs said Trump has unilaterally attempted to reduce the agency without congressional authorization, arguing that Congress is the only entity with the authority to …
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
Feb 3, 2025 · Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act and Kennedy set up USAID as an independent agency in 1961. USAID has outlived the Soviet Union, which fell in 1991. Today, …
What is USAID and why does Donald Trump want to end it? - BBC
Feb 3, 2025 · USAID was created via Congress's Foreign Assistance Act in 1961. That law mandated for a government agency to be set up and tasked with administering overseas …
Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding - The New York Times
3 days ago · According to a 2024 analysis by the Congressional Research Service, about two-thirds of U.S.A.I.D.’s funding from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2022 went to project-based …