I suppose you could be forgiven for not noticing that the Justice Department just netted four guilty pleas from a USAID employee and corporate executives who conspired to bribe him. After all, it was only $550 million stolen from the US taxpayer, so the media ignored it. And, to be fair, a few other things...
There’s a bit of a media brawl taking place this week over the issue of USAID funding which was cut off by DOGE. At base it’s an argument over whether the cutting off of that funding has had any clearly discernible effects in places around the globe. There is a Boston University professor named Brooke...