Annie Gowen

Kansas

National Correspondent at The Washington Post

National correspondent covering the Midwest and rural America for The Washington Post. Former India Bureau Chief, 2013-2018.

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Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed. (washingtonpost.com) Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed.
Outside a Social Security Office, Fear, Lines and Misinformation

1 month ago | rsn.org | Annie Gowen

Retirees are flocking to the agency’s office in Des Moines, mistakenly thinking they have to prove their identity anew or their checks will stop. They began lining up two hours before the Social Security office opened — huddled against a sharp April cold, clutching convenience store coffees, the steam rising in chill coming off the river that flows through Des Moines.
Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines, and misinformation

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Annie Gowen

DES MOINES — They began lining up two hours before the Social Security office opened, huddled against a sharp April cold, clutching convenience store coffees, the steam rising against the chill coming off the river that flows through Des Moines. Some carried files of important documents — an original of a marriage or birth certificate, a Medicare application — or printouts of forms they couldn’t seem to manage to submit online.
Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation (washingtonpost.com) Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation By Annie Gowen 2025040210005600 DES MOINES — They began lining up two hours before the Social Security office opened — huddled against a sharp April cold, clutching convenience store coffees, the steam rising in chill coming off the river that flows through Des Moines.
Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Annie Gowen

The U.S. Department of Education formally reopened a critical student loan forgiveness program for borrowers with medical impairments last week, paving the way for people to apply after a temporary hiatus. The Total and Permanent Disability discharge program can wipe out the federal student loan …
USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen |Patrick Svitek

Food banks across the country — already facing huge cuts to locally grown food assistance — learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting help at a time when need continues to rise.
USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Annie Gowen |Patrick Svitek

2 hours agoWill Harris doesn’t just talk the talk — he wrangles it, grazes it, and regenerates the soil beneath its hooves. A fourth-generation cattleman, Will tends the same land in Bluffton, Georgia, where his great-grandfather settled in 1866. But while his roots and farming legacy run deep, his approach …
Judge says Trump must pay past aid bills but can cancel future contracts

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Annie Gowen |Justin Jouvenal

A U.S. district judge has ruled that the Trump administration must quickly pay nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance owed to its humanitarian partners around the world, saying the administration probably violated the Constitution by blocking money allocated by Congress. U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali gave the Trump administration until Friday to provide a status report on payment of thousands of invoices owed to relief groups for work performed before Feb. 13.
‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding probably violated Constitution, judge says

2 months ago | adn.com | Annie Gowen |Justin Jouvenal

A U.S. district judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must pay nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance owed to its humanitarian partners around the world, saying the administration probably violated separation of powers by “unlawfully impounding” the congressionally appropriated money. U.S. District Judge Amir H.
‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding likely violated Constitution, judge says

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

A U.S. district judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must pay nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance owed to its humanitarian partners around the world, saying the administration likely violated separation of powers by “unlawfully impounding” the congressionally appropriated money. U.S. District Judge Amir H.