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U.S.

Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid

The leader of a Minnesota anti-hunger nonprofit was convicted in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds with a network of bogus food kitchens that billed the government for 91 million meals. The nonprofit’s leader, Aimee Bock, 44, was convicted by a

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World

U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur

U.S. foreign aid cuts impacting Sudanese refugees in Chad have reduced already razor-thin margins for lifesaving resources like food and water, and other U.S. government-funded programs including mental health counseling and education. “When we told [the students] the decision, that we’re going to close the school, most of them were crying,” said Aballah Abakar Abdallah,

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Politics

Judge Finds Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution

A federal judge found on Tuesday that efforts by Elon Musk and his team to permanently shutter the United States Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution “in multiple ways” and robbed Congress of its authority to oversee the dissolution of an agency it created. The ruling by Judge Theodore D. Chuang of U.S.

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World

Trump Secures Russia-Ukraine 'Energy Ceasefire', Putin Demands West End Military Aid In 2-Hour Call

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a critical phone call for at least an hour and a half on a Ukraine ceasefire plan The Kremlin said in a statement that the two leaders had a “detailed and frank exchange of views” on Ukraine Putin agreed for Russia and Ukraine to stop hitting each other’s

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World

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill nine, including aid workers : NPR

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of their relatives killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. The Israeli military says it was targeting “terrorists” operating a drone in the area. But the head of Gaza’s civil defense, Mahmoud Basal, says they were aid workers from the London-based Al Khair Foundation,

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World

Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza, charity tells BBC

A team of charity workers has been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC. The charity said eight workers – including volunteers and journalists documenting their activities – were killed when their vehicles were targeted on Saturday in what Hamas described as a “blatant violation” of

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World

Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again

Outside the Zadna Bakery in central Gaza one recent afternoon, the long lines of people waiting for bread were threatening to dissolve into chaos at any minute. A security guard shouted at the crowds that pushed toward the bakery door to wait their turn. But no one was listening. Just a few steps away, scalpers

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U.S.

‘Do you have communist links?’ US sends 36 questions to UN aid groups

United Nations aid agencies have been sent questionnaires by the US asking them to state if they have “anti-American” beliefs or affiliations. Among the 36 questions on the form, sent by the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and seen by the BBC, is one asking if they have any links to communism. Some

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World

Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’

More than a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp could soon be left with too little food for survival. In the camp in Bangladesh, United Nations officials said, food rations are set to fall in April to about 18 pounds of rice, two pounds of lentils, a liter of cooking oil and a

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Politics

The Heritage Foundation backs phasing out Israel aid to ‘reduce US leverage’

A new report from the conservative Heritage Foundation calling for the U.S. to phase out direct aid to Israel in favor of a “strategic partnership” is facing backlash from pro-Israel advocates. But the report’s authors tell Fox News Digital they’ve been misunderstood. The “best thing” for Israel would not be to leave them at the

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