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Illustration by Alisa Gao / The Atlantic The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives
The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.
Dan Kitwood / Getty The Obama Meme on Trump’s Truth Social Was Exactly What It Looked Like
The White House took 12 hours to remove a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes.
Kevin Deitsch / Getty The Logical End Point of ‘America First’ Foreign Aid
Under Trump, foreign aid is no longer an ideal. It’s just a deal.
Jay Directo / AFP / Getty The Trump Administration Has a New Plan for Gaza
The U.S. wants to build housing for those displaced by the war, but not everyone is on board.
Bashar Taleb / AFP / Getty Trump Needs the UN in Gaza
Humanitarian aid is a key component of Trump’s peace deal. Securing it will depend on American involvement.
Saher Alghorra / The New York Times / Redux Inside the USAID Fire Sale
Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.
Illustration by Baptiste Virot The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Shutterstock. America’s New Anti-Vaccine Foreign Policy
The Trump administration is ending U.S. support for immunizations abroad because of its opposition not only to foreign aid, but to vaccination itself.
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Michael M. Santiago / Getty; Getty. Elon Musk Is Playing God
The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic.*
