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Unspent aid worth billions lacks oversight as Trump dismantles USAID, watchdog warns

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Updated 7:05 PM CST, February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid following the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staffers, a government watchdog warned Monday.

The administration’s fast-moving dismantling of the agency has left oversight of the aid “largely nonoperational,” USAID’s inspector general’s office said. That includes a greatly reduced ability to ensure that no assistance falls into the hands of violent extremist groups or goes astray in unstable regions or conflict zones, the watchdog said.

The Trump administration’s actions have “significantly impacted USAID’s capacity to disburse and safeguard its humanitarian assistance programming,” it said, also citing the risk of hundreds of millions of dollars in commodities rotting after staff was barred from delivering it.

The inspector general, however, also noted that it has “longstanding concerns about existing USAID oversight mechanisms.”

Meanwhile, the administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk continued their unraveling of the aid agency. The General Services Administration, which manages government buildings, told The Associated Press that it had stripped USAID from the lease on its Washington headquarters. ...

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Complex partial seizure ruled as cause of pausing episode during House floor speech, Dem congressman says

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Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., said in a statement on Tuesday that a complex partial seizure was ruled as the cause of the episode where he paused during a House floor speech on Monday.

While delivering his speech, the long-serving lawmaker abruptly stopped speaking for several seconds, before uttering a few words and then proceeding to stand silently for around 14 seconds.

When he resumed speaking, his remarks were halting and punctuated with awkward pauses.

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'Wokest hospital in America?': Top hospital hit with blistering ad exposing 'political agenda'

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FIRST ON FOX: Consumers’ Research, a leading non-profit dedicated to consumer information, is launching a campaign targeting the Cleveland Clinic over what it says is a history of the organization prioritizing woke politics over patients.

The campaign, dubbed "Cleveland Clinic Exposed", asks the public whether the clinic is "the wokest hospital in America" and will involve an ad titled "Exposed," which will run in Ohio during the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors game on Wednesday.

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House Dem expects first DOGE subcommittee meeting to be 'full-on combat'

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Sparks are expected to fly at Congress’ first Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee meeting Wednesday, according to one Democratic lawmaker in the House of Representatives.

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Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested

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Mexican prosecutors accuse the pilot of being a key figure in the 'Los Chapitos' drug gang.
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Sudan fighters accused of storming famine-hit camp

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Paramilitaries have been accused of burning a market and homes at a camp for displaced people.
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Oil clean-up 'scam' warnings ignored by Shell, whistleblower tells BBC

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The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
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Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says

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Sheikh Hasina, deposed last year, is accused of putting down protests that left up to 1,400 people dead.
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PBS shuts diversity office as it faces pressure from Trump administration

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New York — PBS says it is shutting down its office of diversity, equity and inclusion to comply with President Trump's executive order and firing the two executives brought on when the effort was begun in 2021.

The move, eliminating the jobs held by Cecilia Loving and her associate Gina Leow, comes as public television and radio gird for a fight over federal funding likely to be more serious than they've faced in many years.

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WATCH: New Jersey police officer reunites with boy he rescued from frozen lake

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Officer David Brosonski tied a rope around himself and got into the frigid water without hesitating as he saved 11-year-old Ben Santos in West Long Branch.
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WATCH: Pilot walks away from plane crash ‘without a scratch’

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New Hampshire pilot Dave Lennon, 65, was practicing takeoffs and landings when, he said, his plane stalled.
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Tesla has sued customers and journalists in China for defamation

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Beijing — Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father's panicked voice: The brakes don't work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two cars before plowing into an SUV and a sedan and crashing into a large concrete barrier.

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Pope blasts Trump admin over mass deportation plan, directs ire at Vance's religious defense for policies

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Pope Francis on Tuesday issued a major rebuke of the Trump administration’s plans for the mass deportations of migrants, stressing that the forceful removal of people simply for their immigration status deprives them of their inherent dignity and "will end badly."

Francis wrote a letter to U.S. bishops in which he appeared to criticize Vice President JD Vance's religious argument in defense of the deportation policies.

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Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks

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Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency

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President Donald Trump has said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was "very important to get rid of."
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Russian held in US to be released in wake of Fogel release, Kremlin says

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