After aid suspension, USAID's future is in doubt as website goes offline
Aid groups were in crisis as the U.S. aid agency seemed to lose independence and be put on the chopping block.
Trump Watch
Donald Trump's overt hostility to international organizations and multilateralism as U.S. president from 2017 to 2021 undercut longstanding alliances and treaties, alienated leaders and damaged America's global standing. Despite his exposure to sweeping criminal charges, Trump won his 2024 bid to regain the White House. Experts say the segregationist president, the first to be a sentenced felon, poses a technocratic threat to democracy, security and the post-1945 international rule-based order.
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U.N. refugee agency freezes hiring, cuts spending amid U.S. aid pause
Scoop: UNHCR's directors scrambled to tighten its budget because of the Trump administration's 90-day aid stoppage.
Hiring freeze at WHO as U.S. exit threatens global health programs
WHO's emergency moves follow months of warnings the U.N. health agency faces severe impacts if U.S. funding dries up.
Trump's climate retreat diverges from global shift to green initiatives
Trump's speech to Davos contrasted sharply with other leaders' creation of a Global Energy Transition Forum.
Trump announces U.S. exit from climate treaty, U.N. health agency
The process of forcing the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate treaty and WHO will take a year to complete.
Trump strongly rejects international cooperation. Round 2 is underway.
Here's a timeline of Trump's actions involving international organizations and treaties, from his first term to the present.
IMF warns Trump’s policies could fuel inflation and prevent rate cuts
The global organization forecasts some improvement in the world economy but says Trump's plans cloud the outlook.
WEF says Trump to join Davos virtually after retaking White House
Børge Brende, WEF's president, said there is "a greater level of global uncertainty than we have seen in a generation."
Trump picks fierce U.N. critic as U.S. ambassador to the world body
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik will succeed career diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. envoy to the U.N.
Trump won't be able to reverse Biden's climate law, Gore predicts
After four decades of climate advocacy, the former U.S. vice president still leads global resistance to fossil fuels.
A second Trump wave is about to hit IOs. Not all have survival strategies.
Trump's second term will likely pose a serious challenge to U.N.-led efforts on climate change, global health and trade.
Bleak outlook for international organizations if Trump returns
Global cooperation on health, defense, climate change and more would be at risk under a second Trump presidency.
Heat, drought and death: A deadly combination around the globe
The effects of climate change hit hard from the bombed streets of Gaza to the glitzy venues of the Paris Olympics.
Trump shooting is latest sign of rise in America's political violence
The head of Freedom House called the shooting 'a grim and shocking blow to the American democratic process.'
NATO's most powerful member tries to reassure rest of alliance and world
As summit host, Biden's administration projected unity for Ukraine and deflected concern about Trump.
NATO at 75 grapples with a 'constant threat of new types of attacks'
The Biden administration hosts a celebration for an expanding NATO's 75th anniversary amid political turmoil.