The Trump administration plans to redirect $2 billion in funding intended for global health programs to cover the cost of closing the US Agency for International Development (USAID) ….
The funds would be pulled from money that Congress appropriated for health programs tackling malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, nutrition, global health security, HIV/AIDS and more …. Roughly $1.2 billion originally intended for foreign development assistance would also be redirected.
Instead, the administration aims to use those billions to pay for things like legal costs, pending invoices and asset sales in the wake of its abrupt dismantling of USAID.
In total, the US government told Congress that it has reserved more than $19.1 billion to pay for USAID closeout costs, most of which is money coming from previously terminated USAID contracts ….
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A group of 17 Senate Democrats is demanding that the administration reverse the budget notification “and put the funds to their intended use to save lives and advance U.S. interests as directed by Congress last year.”
