2 days ago · Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) blocked a resolution in the Senate that supported the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the agency undergoes turmoil via the Trump administration. Democr…

3 days ago · WASHINGTON – Tonight, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) went to the Senate floor to introduce and ask for unanimous consent on a resolution reaffirming the sense of Congress that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s independence is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States. The resolution is a direct response to President Donald Trump ...

2 days ago · A group of Senate and House Democrats were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday. The Democratic lawmakers, who are opposed to Pr…

2 days ago · Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee, was among a chorus of Democrats on Monday blasting the turmoil surrounding the agency. “You have ...

3 days ago · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the statement below regarding the consultation note suggesting that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may be reorganized under the United States Department of State. “I’ve said for years that the greatest national security threat Americans face is ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday joined a press conference in front of the shuttered United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to raise the alarm about how President Trump’s decision - at the behest of Elon Musk - to illegally shut down the ...

3 days ago · As members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, we had not been notified of any such visit to USAID by DOGE or other agency officials. Following this incident, the senior management of the Office of Security, which secures USAID personnel and facilities and safeguards national security information, were placed on administrative leave.

2 days ago · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, today announced that he will place a blanket hold on all of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the State Department until its illegal attempt to shutter the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as an ...

The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.

2 days ago · WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday joined Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and his Democratic colleagues on the Committee in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring that any effort to merge USAID into the State Department requires ...