Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain
Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back...
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Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Share Names of DOGE Staff
The self-described free speech champion is not pleased that the public has learned the identities of his young henchmen
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Elon Musk Is Deleting USAID. An Insider Speaks Out
What it’s been like inside USAID, an agency that Donald Trump and the world’s richest man decided to eliminate
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JUST IN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio Terminates US Support of Ukraine's Power Grid
Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated the US’s support for Ukraine’s power grid. The State Department ended a USAID initiative that has given...
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USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American...
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David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump
The former national legal director of the ACLU analyzes recent efforts to block the president’s executive orders.
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Trump and Musk Spark Panic Over Trade War, USAID Chaos
Trump's trade war could make Americans pay through the nose, while Musk has vowed to dismantle America's foreign aid apparatus
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Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s eyes bore into the camera as he excoriated the agency he now heads. “They’re completely un-responsive,”...
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Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s humanitarian waiver for foreign aid is a “performative” bit of “lip service,” said former contractors with...
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Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.
Even by the standards of the new Administration, the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has been unusually vitriolic....
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