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Wednesday

LoveYourself, a nonprofit providing free HIV testing and treatment services in the Philippines, has suspended services due to the Trump administrations freeze of foreign aid. The Philippines has lost about $69.7 million in aid programs across the country. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption

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The Trump administration kills nearly all USAID programs

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Sunday

In early February, the signage was removed from the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. — one of many actions targeting the foreign aid agency since Donald Trump was inaugurated. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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Saturday

The latest on USAID: Judge pauses order putting over 2,000 USAID employees on leave

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Friday

On February 7, a worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration has targeted with agency with a series of orders that have put its programs and employees in limbo. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption

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The latest on USAID: Judge pauses order putting over 2,000 USAID employees on leave

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Thursday

In this photo illustration, a message appears on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website on Feb. 5. The Trump administration issued a directive late Tuesday night that all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally Friday at midnight. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Trump administration putting all USAID staff on leave by the end of the week

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Tuesday

A USAID and American flag outside of United States Agency for International Development headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces he's the acting director of USAID

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Wednesday

Trump's freezing of foreign aid halts distribution of AIDS meds to clinics worldwide

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Tuesday

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

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Monday

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

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Friday

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

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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

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Tuesday

Reaction to Trump's withdrawal of US from WHO 

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