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Foreign Aid Terminated, Migrants At Guantánamo, Legal Challenges To Federal Firings
27 Feb 2025
The Trump administration says it will end more than 90 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts. NPR spoke to two immigrants sent to Guantánamo who allege mistreatment by detainment officers, and a federal judge will hear arguments over the Trump administration's firing of probationary employees.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Jane Greenhalgh, Anna Yukhananov, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams, and Paige Waterhouse. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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I'm doing my vocal exercises. Excellent. The brown cow needs. My mother mails me money. Unique New York. That's mine.
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This is my process, Michelle. I know. I'm totally into it. All right. We're ready. USAID has been effectively gutted. 90% of the agency's foreign aid programs have been halted and defunded.
What happens now to its ongoing humanitarian projects?
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Two Venezuelan men who were detained at Guantanamo for weeks till NPR, they were denied access to lawyers and calls to family.
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