The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

USAID was run by Irish-American diplomat Samantha Power, a self-professed idealist who served as U.N. ambassador under Barack Obama. Its top priorities under its March 2023 Policy Framework were ...

"The results: opium poppy cultivation across the country nearly doubled, according to the UN," she wrote. "USAID asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street?’ and ended up ...

Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, during the Cold War. In the decades since, Republicans and Democrats have fought over the agency and its funding.

USAid was run by Irish-American diplomat Samantha Power, a self-professed idealist who served as UN ambassador under Barack Obama. Its top priorities under its March 2023 Policy Framework were the ...