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Foreign Aid Reform: Distorted Stats & Aid Efficiency

Marco Rubio and JD Vance face scrutiny for misrepresenting aid stats, claiming only 12% reaches recipients. Critiques of 'phantom aid' and calls for shifting funds to local entities highlight aid efficiency debates.

12 Jun 2025

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Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID

“The Embassy asked us to introduce a gay student in #2 to show his personal struggle coming out to his parents, but that has zero to do with being transgender,” David Campiti, who owns the company that produced the comic book, told us in an email.

12 Feb 2025