NPR⁠84%

U.S. foreign aid changed in 2025 – and it was felt around the world⁠76%

By NPR⁠63%

12/26/2025, 11:24:19 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Loss Aversion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.4% saturation with 33 hits. Analysis detected 174 faulty-reasoning hits from 133 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 68% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (5,251 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 76.00% of the article peer group.

A worker removes signage from the now-former U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters in February 2025. 
On the night of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order that froze almost all international assistance. 
What followed was the termination of billions of dollars in aid programs — and the dismantling of the U-S Agency for International Development. 
Now, the future of U.S. foreign assistance looks very different. 
NPR global health correspondents Fatma Tanis and Gabrielle Emanuel have been following this all year and break down the impact of this move both on the ground and for the U.S. 
Email us at considerthis@npr.org. 
This episode was produced by Mallory Yu, with additional reporting by Jonathan Lambert. 
It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon and Rebecca Davis. 
Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 1.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 4.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.8%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 23.8%NPR: 4.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Confirmation Bias23.8%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 25.4%NPR: 6.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.1%Framing Effect25.4%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 3.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 2.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 17.7%NPR: 1.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Loss Aversion17.7%This article: 17.7%NPR: 8.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.3%Negativity Bias17.7%This article: 0.0%NPR: 4.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 2.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 7.7%NPR: 2.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Pessimism Bias7.7%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 1.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.7%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 1.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 1.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 4.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 23.8%NPR: 5.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.1%Appeal to Authority23.8%This article: 0.0%NPR: 5.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 1.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 5.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 4.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 17.7%NPR: 2.7%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)17.7%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 2.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%NPR: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%

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