USAID Website Goes Offline Amid Trump Admin’s Freeze on Foreign Aid

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) website went offline on Feb. 1 following President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid and worldwide development funding. During his first day in office, Trump placed a 90-day freeze on all foreign aid. His executive order forced the furloughs or layoffs of thousands of employees and shut down thousands of programs worldwide. Congressional Democrats have expressed concern that USAID may cease to act as an independent agency if Trump attaches it to the State Department. They say that USAID is vital to national security and argue that Trump lacks the legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency....