
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the USA agency responsible for implementing main foreign assistance and humanitarian aid programs. Established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, agency demonstrates leadership in areas such as poverty reduction, improvement of health services, food security and promotion of democratic governance like through activity. USAID manages a large portion of the United States’ international development and humanitarian aid budget and
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Edanur Karakoç

In June 2025, protests began in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States, against detention operations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These protests initially remained peaceful but quickly escalated into violence due to the continuation of ICE operations and federal intervention, spreading to other states beyond California. The events triggered constitutional and legal disputes between the federal government and the state of California regarding the deploy
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Edanur Karakoç

The Trump administration introduced a number of new customs duties on 31 July 2025 through Presidential Proclamation titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”. These measures constitute a continuation of the “Liberation Day” tariffs announced on 2 April 2025 and comprehensively redefine differentiated tariff rates applied against countries with trade deficits. Under the new tariff regime, special tariff rates have been set for 69 countries ranging from 10% to 41%. A universal tariff
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Edanur Karakoç