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Jul 8, 2026
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One year after Trump’s aid cuts, the world’s poorest people are paying the price
Original article ↗B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.492 · RIGHT
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-0.254 · CENTER LEFT
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Article Excerpt
One year after the second Trump administration moved to dismantle USAID, leaving a gap of more than US$35 billion across more than 120 countries, the future of global aid remains uncertain and millions of lives are now at risk.
The rapid closure disrupted life-saving projects related to food security, clean water, health care, poverty reduction, gender-based violence prevention and human rights
Beyond USAID, the scale of the decline in foreign aid is staggering.
A Lancet study projected that the termination of more than 10,000 USAID contracts could lead to more than 14 million additional …
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