Iain Marlow
@iainmarlow.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Bloomberg News in Washington covering foreign policy. Previous postings in India and Hong Kong. Reach out: imarlow1@bloomberg.net or on Signal iainmarlow.24
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Exclusive: In late February, the Trump administration killed two USAID projects in Cambodia. A week later, China unveiled funding for nearly identical efforts.
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China Swoops in to Replace Asian USAID Projects Axed by Trump
The US canceled two aid projects in Cambodia in late February — one to encourage child literacy and another to improve nutrition and development for kids under five. A week later, China’s aid agency a...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Exclusive: In late February, the Trump administration killed two USAID projects in Cambodia. A week later, China unveiled funding for nearly identical efforts.
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From me and colleagues on USAID pulling out and China moving in:
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As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
The US canceled two aid projects in Cambodia in late February — one to encourage child literacy and another to improve nutrition and development for kids under five. A week later, China’s aid agency a...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
From me and colleagues on USAID pulling out and China moving in:
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From me and colleagues on USAID pulling out and China moving in:
🎁 Gift Link: As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 Gift Link: As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
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As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
The US canceled two aid projects in Cambodia in late February — one to encourage child literacy and another to improve nutrition and development for kids under five. A week later, China’s aid agency a...
www.bloomberg.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
From me and colleagues on USAID pulling out and China moving in:
🎁 Gift Link: As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
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🎁 Gift Link: As Trump Cuts Aid, China Flows Funds to Strategic Corner of Asia
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NEW w/@iainmarlow.bsky.social re: destruction of USAID docs
@laurenleharper.bsky.social notes Marco Rubio not only leads the State Dept but is also acting head of USAID & NARA which is “supposed to step in and investigate when federal records are being destroyed"
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@laurenleharper.bsky.social notes Marco Rubio not only leads the State Dept but is also acting head of USAID & NARA which is “supposed to step in and investigate when federal records are being destroyed"
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USAID Official Orders Staff to Destroy Classified Documents
Staff at USAID were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records, according to a memo from a top official, prompting fresh legal challenges as well as alarm from the union that repres...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW w/@iainmarlow.bsky.social re: destruction of USAID docs
@laurenleharper.bsky.social notes Marco Rubio not only leads the State Dept but is also acting head of USAID & NARA which is “supposed to step in and investigate when federal records are being destroyed"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@laurenleharper.bsky.social notes Marco Rubio not only leads the State Dept but is also acting head of USAID & NARA which is “supposed to step in and investigate when federal records are being destroyed"
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USAID staff were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records.
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” a top official's memo says.
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“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” a top official's memo says.
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USAID Official Orders Staff to Destroy Classified Documents
Staff at USAID were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records, according to a memo from a top official, prompting fresh legal challenges as well as alarm from the union that repres...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
USAID staff were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records.
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” a top official's memo says.
@jasonleopold.bsky.social @iainmarlow.bsky.social
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” a top official's memo says.
@jasonleopold.bsky.social @iainmarlow.bsky.social
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"Reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
Official tells USAID staff to quickly destroy classified documents and personnel records. Fresh legal challenges follow, per @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @iainmarlow.bsky.social
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Official tells USAID staff to quickly destroy classified documents and personnel records. Fresh legal challenges follow, per @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @iainmarlow.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
USAID Official Orders Staff to Destroy Classified Documents
Staff at USAID were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records, according to a memo from a top official, prompting a fresh legal challenge as well as alarm from the union that repre...
www.bloomberg.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
Official tells USAID staff to quickly destroy classified documents and personnel records. Fresh legal challenges follow, per @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @iainmarlow.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Official tells USAID staff to quickly destroy classified documents and personnel records. Fresh legal challenges follow, per @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @iainmarlow.bsky.social
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In mid-February, Jeremy Lewin, a DOGE team member who became Pete Marocco’s chief of staff at the State Department, helped lead a review that saw him seek daily approval from Rubio for billions of dollars in cuts to aid programs, according to several people familiar with the matter.
From @jasonleopold.bsky.social and I:
"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
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"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
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March 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In mid-February, Jeremy Lewin, a DOGE team member who became Pete Marocco’s chief of staff at the State Department, helped lead a review that saw him seek daily approval from Rubio for billions of dollars in cuts to aid programs, according to several people familiar with the matter.
From @jasonleopold.bsky.social and I:
"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
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"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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March 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
From @jasonleopold.bsky.social and I:
"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
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"Rubio’s announcement comes after a review that sometimes saw hundreds of projects terminated in a single day, even as thousands of USAID staff meant to monitor or administer them were fired or put on leave."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
From me:
"Contractors owed hundreds of millions of dollars by USAID warn they may shut down & risk lawsuits across the developing world, with one large firm even saying US banks won’t lend it more money over concerns the US government won’t pay its debts."
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"Contractors owed hundreds of millions of dollars by USAID warn they may shut down & risk lawsuits across the developing world, with one large firm even saying US banks won’t lend it more money over concerns the US government won’t pay its debts."
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February 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
From me:
"Contractors owed hundreds of millions of dollars by USAID warn they may shut down & risk lawsuits across the developing world, with one large firm even saying US banks won’t lend it more money over concerns the US government won’t pay its debts."
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"Contractors owed hundreds of millions of dollars by USAID warn they may shut down & risk lawsuits across the developing world, with one large firm even saying US banks won’t lend it more money over concerns the US government won’t pay its debts."
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Good story by my @bloomberg.com colleague Iain Marlow on the $500m in US foreign aid going to waste as a result of attack on USAID.
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After DOGE's Chaotic USAID Shutdown: Wasted Supplies, Layoffs and Lawsuits
In a warehouse in the East African port of Djibouti, USAID estimates there’s roughly 40,000 metric tons of food aid procured from American farmers worth about $40 million at risk of spoiling in the he...
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February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Good story by my @bloomberg.com colleague Iain Marlow on the $500m in US foreign aid going to waste as a result of attack on USAID.
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