The True Cost of America’s Retreat: How USAID Cuts Threaten Millions of Lives By Eric Bebernitz Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service. Eric Bebernitz is Director, External Relations, Action Against Hunger

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/true-cost-americas-retreat-usaid-cuts-threaten-millions-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-cost-americas-retreat-usaid-cuts-threaten-millions-lives NEW YORK, May 22 2025 (IPS) - In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that upended humanitarian efforts globally, leaving millions of vulnerable people without lifesaving services. The administration’s decision to slash American international aid by 83% is creating daily tragedies in the world’s most fragile regions. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.