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    US aid slashed: Inside the $8 billion cut to foreign assistance

    For the latest episode of our podcast series, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with reporters Michael Igoe and Elissa Miolene to discuss the top global development stories of the week.

    By Thomas Cserep // 18 July 2025

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    After an all-night marathon of amendments, the U.S. Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package this week. While the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS initiative, PEPFAR, was saved during the process, the package will still claw back nearly $8 billion in previously approved funding for foreign aid.

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