Trump’s Shutdown of USAID Challenged in Court by Worker Unions

Not a single one of defendants' actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization,

the lawsuit said

The agency's collapse has had disastrous humanitarian consequences,

Thursday's lawsuit said, including shutting down efforts to fight malaria and HIV

Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked.”

Gawand

The humanitarian consequences of defendants’ actions have already been catastrophic,

the plaintiffs said

We already see the shutdown’s cost, ... Kids with drug-resistant TB, turned away from clinics, are not just dying – they’re spreading the disease. People around the world [with] HIV, denied their medicine, will soon start transmitting virus. The damage is global.”

Atul Gawande, a surgeon who led global health programs for USAid wrote on X

I am not surprised that the attacks are being cheered by Moscow and Beijing,

Power wrote

These actions have generated a global humanitarian crisis by abruptly halting the crucial work of USAID employees, grantees, and contractors,

it said