Loss of International Aid Agencies Threatens Millions of Lives

Despite some of the DOGE efforts being delayed in the courts, the State Department continues to eliminate many of the peace, human rights, and conflict resolution programs in the State Department. Independent agencies have estimate that the loss of international aid programs have resulted in the death of 225,00 children in the past 6 months. Ursala Knudsen-Latta details these ripple effects of Trump’s indiscriminate slashing of State Department programs in her co-authored article “Secretary of State Takes Peace and Human Rights Out of State Department“