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  • Global Development Reporter, Devex
Washington, D.C.
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USAID's $19B closeout plan held up on Capitol Hill amid scrutiny

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By Elissa Miolene
| Devex
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is renewing her hold on the agency's plan to spend up to $19 billion winding down foreign assistance programs. USAID’s $19 billion closeout plans are being held up on Capitol Hill as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, restated her hold on the funds last week.
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Senate drops Food for Peace’s transfer to USDA in latest bill

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By Elissa Miolene
| Devex
The tug of war over Food for Peace — the U.S. flagship emergency food aid program — took its latest turn this week, with lawmakers in the U.S. Senate dropping mention of the program’s permanent transfer from the USAID to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA.
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US funnels $1B to UNICEF and WFP in latest humanitarian funding push

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By Elissa Miolene
| Devex
The awards mark the latest in a series of large, targeted humanitarian grants to specific organizations, with more expected to follow soon. The State Department has announced more than $1 billion in U.S. humanitarian funding to two United Nations agencies, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, marking the latest wave of such funding to the world body since the second Trump administration began.
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