Democrats are set to have substantial leverage ahead of a March shutdown deadline.
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Author: Nicholas Wu
Hakeem Jeffries wants funding freeze ‘choked off’ in spending deal
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What is USAid and why does Trump dislike it so much?
The US agency distributes tens of billions of dollars’ worth of aid every year and is a key tool to promote soft power around the world
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Author: Guardian staff reporter
What is USAID, the foreign assistance agency Trump wants to shut down?
NBC News’ Valerie Castro explains the work of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the impact it will have if President Trump succeeds in closing it.
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Author: NBC News
Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House
New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House Democratic leader that could keep a key seat vacant for months.
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Author: Nicholas Fandos,Benjamin Oreskes
Democrat vows to use Tommy Tuberville’s playbook to protest freezing of USAID
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) is taking a page out of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) playbook Monday by promising to block all diplomatic posts until funding an
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Author: Sarah K. Burris
‘We need the corps system’ — Zelensky approves plan to restructure army
Ukraine’s Armed Forces are transitioning to a new organizational structure intended to modernize the army, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 3.
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Author: Abbey Fenbert
Progressive Democrats accuse Trump and Musk of ‘a plutocratic coup’
Lawmakers point to shutting of USAid and accessing federal payment system as markings of ‘constitutional crisis’
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Author: Joan E Greve
Senator Brian Schatz Is Actually Doing Something (When Very Little Can Be Done)
Republicans and some Democrats will call him a hypocrite for this.
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Author: Charles P. Pierce
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Marco Rubio Suggests Some Parts Will ‘Reorganize’—Rest ‘May Be Abolished’
On Sunday night, Trump attacked the aid agency’s leadership saying they were a “bunch of radical lunatics.”
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Author: Siladitya Ray
Ayman Mohyeldin: Democrats finally have a new leader. Now it’s time for a new strategy.
Before the party can lay out a vision of what it is for, it needs to actually figure out what that is.
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Author: Ayman Mohyeldin
