In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.

During the 90-day pause in foreign funding some critics suggest reforming the United Nations’ 686-employee Department of Global Communications, responsible for pushing the UN agenda worldwide.

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.

The Trump administrations sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have halted thousands of programs, affecting everything from disease prevention in Myanmar to fisheries in Ghana.

The Trump administration recently terminated around ten thousand foreign assistance contracts and grants, including those that had been granted waivers by the State Department to continue lifesaving work.