The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a move officials say will restructure U.S. foreign assistance and reorient it toward national interests,

As USAID offices officially close on Tuesday, Dr. Brooke Nichols's research is not alone. An international, 15-member research team this week shared its own staggering estimates.

The analysis, published in the Lancet, estimates the agency’s programs saved 91 million lives worldwide over two decades, playing a vital role in global health.

Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy. Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world,” Obama said.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush directly criticized the Trump administration’s move to fold the U.S. Agency for International Development into the State Department on Monday during a video tribute for the agency’s staffers.

Former Presidents Obama and George W. Bush, along with U2’s Bono, are reportedly sending off U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staffers with a poignant video tribute. The ex-commanders in chief and the “With or Without You” singer appeared via teleconference Monday to speak with employees on USAID’s final day as an independent agency,