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Independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government
There are two distinct public profiles named Tricia (or Patricia) McLaughlin in the available reporting: one is a New York–based visual artist whose work in animation, sculpture and painting has been ...
remains an operating federal agency as of the latest reporting: it continued to recruit and deploy volunteers and had an active leadership nomination in the Trump era () , even as the agency faced pro...
but is under renewed budgetary and staffing pressure . in the same administration’s budget proposals and leaked memos that would eliminate or dramatically slash Fulbright funding . The Peace Corps con...
in 2020 has partially recovered but remains well below pre-pandemic scale: volunteer ranks rose from more than 2,300–2,600 in 2023–early 2024 to 3,337 by September 2024—roughly 1,000 more than 2023 bu...
The most clearly documented targeted programs in the (mainland China) and : the program in China was ended and the U.S. announced steps to terminate the in China and Hong Kong amid escalating bilatera...
A Humphrey School policy fellowship is a time-bound professional leadership program—often non-degree, cohort-based and aimed at emerging or mid-career practitioners—while a Humphrey graduate degree is...
The Peace Corps has not "ended"; it remained an active U.S. federal volunteer agency through at least May 2025, governed by current policy documents and ongoing reporting on volunteers and early termi...
Chris (“J. Christopher”) Stevens had a long, region-focused U.S. diplomatic career before his final assignment in Libya, with early roots in the Peace Corps, legal training, and Foreign Service postin...