The front of the U.S. Agency of International Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency funds projects that aim to alleviate poverty and disease and serve humanitarian needs around the world. A round of layoffs this week terminated nearly 400 contract employees. J. David Ake/Getty Images hide caption

The United States Agency for International Development is the federal agency that administers foreign aid and development assistance. Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

MSI Reproductive Services, a nonprofit group, lost U.S. funds during the first Trump administration because they would not abide by the Mexico City policy, which cut off American aid to groups that discuss or provide abortion services. Above: A 19-year-old woman talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the group. Sam Reinders for NPR hide caption

After being inaugurated for his second president term, President Donald Trump has frozen virtually all U.S. foreign aid and issued a "stop work" order for groups in other countries that are funded by the U.S. government. Above: At the start of the pandemic, members of the Honduran Armed Forces carry a box containing diagnostic kits to test for COVID-19, donated by the United States Agency for International Development and the International Organization for Migration. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

At an April 14, 2020 briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Trump announced his intention to halt U.S. funding for World Health Organization WHO. U.S. membership in the U.N. body is likely to be reviewed in the early days of his second term. Alex Wong/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad/AP hide caption