Bono referred to the USAID employees as “the best of us.” USAID was created by former President John Kennedy in 1961 and was codified by Congress in 1998.

Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration.

Bono joins Obama and Bush in bidding emotional farewell to USAID workers fired by Trump: “You were the best of us” “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama added ...

2025 Invision FILE - Bono poses for photographers at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File) ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional ...

The former presidents and Bono spoke with thousands in the USAID community in a videoconference, which was billed as a closed-press event to allow political leaders and others privacy for ...

Trump’s rapid dismantling of USAID has left oversight of the humanitarian aid “largely nonoperational,” the agency's inspector general’s office said.

Feb. 7, 2025 — Hannah sits at home in Arlington today waiting for her furlough with USAID to begin at 11:59 pm tonight. It was on Friday, Jan. 24 that she first learned through a leaked memo ...

While Bono won’t be among the high-powered guests attending the G7 summit in Kananaskis this coming weekend, his representatives say they hope his advocacy for causes in Africa will make an ...

Three contractors, a former government contracting officer, and two companies have admitted to a decades-long bribery scheme involving contracts worth over $550 million. A Thursday Justice ...

Comprising less than 0.1% of the federal budget, USAID provides international humanitarian and development aid for poverty eradication, education, disease prevention, and medical programs. The Trump ...