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A man unloads humanitarian aid supplied by the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR at a school in Beirut used as a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Refugee numbers dropped in 2025 – but aid cuts and others trends suggest little to celebrate

The drop in funding has also led donors to prioritize the trend of using aid to control the movement of people – over their needs.
A terminated federal worker leaves the offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2025, after being fired. Bryan Dozier/Middle East/AFP via Getty Images

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

A US district judge says that the Trump administration has to pay USAID the billions it owes in already completed work. The Supreme Court agrees − for now.

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