Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of foreign USAID contracts

Supreme Court intervenes, allowing White House's move for now

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The Trump administration says it will eliminate 5,800 of 6,200 multiyear USAID contract awards for a cut of $54 billion. © AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad.

The cuts detailed by the administration would leave few surviving USAID projects for advocates to try to save in what are ongoing court battles with the administration.

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