States have sued to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits starting on Saturday, after the Trump administration said it would not fund them.
Category: Foreign Aid
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Will Bill Gates’s ‘Strategic Pivot’ Shake Up Climate Policy?
The billionaire philanthropist said it was a mistake to focus so much on “near-term emissions goals,” a position that could generate serious debate.
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Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.
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Trump Hopes Argentina Can Help Bring Down Beef Prices
President Trump’s plan to import red meat runs counter to his philosophy of increasing domestic production, and has angered cattle ranchers in the United States.
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Critics Say Select Investors Gained From US Aid to Argentina
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said stabilizing the country was in the United States’s interests. Critics say some investors may have also benefited.
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Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies.
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Top Bessent Aide, Daniel Katz, Expected to Be Tapped as No. 2 at I.M.F.
The appointment would come as the Trump administration has called for sweeping reforms at the global economic institution.
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Bob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.
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From Food Aid to Dog Chow? How Trump’s Cuts Hurt Kansas Farmers.
Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to sell grain that once fed the world as dog food.
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Poorest Americans Would Be Hurt By Trump’s Big Bill
Small improvements in taxes are overshadowed by cuts to health insurance and other federal aid, resulting in a package favoring the wealthy.
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Some Republicans Join Democrats in Unease Over White House Budget Cuts
President Trump has sought to claw back funds for public broadcasting and foreign aid, sparking a fierce debate over the power of the purse.