Reena Advani

1 week ago | wunc.org | Steve Inskeep |Reena Advani

Updated June 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM EDTDavid Lebryk chose a career in federal government and stuck with it for over three-decades. Now he's among some of the unsung heroes to be celebrated when the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are handed out by the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service on June 17. Lebryk was named federal employee of the year for his work as fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury Department.

1 month ago | opb.org | Steve Inskeep |Obed Manuel |Reena Advani

With elite U.S. universities in President Trump’s crosshairs, the leader of Harvard University says institutions need to double down on their “commitment to the good of the nation” and be firm in what they stand for. The Trump administration, acting on its claims that Harvard has failed to stamp out antisemitism on campus, froze more than $2 billion in research grants and contracts in April and attempted to revoke the school’s ability to enroll international students last week.

Mar 20, 2025 | mprnews.org | Majd Al-Waheidi |Reena Advani |Michel Martin

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to cut U.S. foreign aid, canceling 83 percent of aid contracts on March 10, a decision that has already halted critical health programs in Africa and beyond. On Feb. 3, President Trump said that USAID was run by ‘radical left lunatics’ and accused the agency of “tremendous fraud,” though he did not provide any details.” Trump also accused the aid agency of stealing “BILLIONS OF DOLLARS” in a post on Truth Social.

Mar 13, 2025 | npr.org | Michel Martin |Reena Advani |Greg Dixon

What Cuts to U.S. Aid Mean in Africa Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1238261958/1267862590" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> President Trump has derided aid the U.S. provides overseas as rife with fraud. His administration has moved aggressively to eliminate such funding including cancelling contracts already in progress.

Mar 13, 2025 | npr.org | Majd Al-Waheidi |Reena Advani |Michel Martin

A refugee mother and child from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to receive basic medical attention from an understaffed clinic run by the Sudanese Ministry of Health with assistance from Doctors Without Borders located in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on Dec. 6, 2020.