Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has slashed the work of many U.S. government agencies, including those focused on foreign policy. Now ...

President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the Peace Corps staff and other officials at a meeting in Washington on June 14, 1962. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges) ...

March 1 marked Peace Corps Day when President Kennedy signed a 1961 executive order to establish the Peace Corps. Since 1961, more than 240,000 volunteers have served in 144 countries worldwide ...

Members of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday to begin a review of the independent agency's internal ...

The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “My primary goal for the next two years in ...

Sources told ABC News that Peace Corps staff have been informed that members of the DOGE team will be on site and working through the weekend, and should be granted access to internal systems.

DOGE, which is led by Elon Musk, arrived at U.S. Peace Corps headquarters, suggesting it could be the latest target of efforts to downsize the federal workforce.

Peace Corps great program Over six decades, more than 240,000 Peace Corps volunteers have served in 61 countries. I served as an agricultural-extension volunteer in Panama and a health-education ...

Lexington Peace Corps volunteers share inspiring stories of how international service helped shape their careers and better their local communities. ... Guatemala 1972-73, Panama 2015-2016.

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President John F. Kennedy greets Peace Corps volunteers at the White House in August 1962. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Understanding the Peace Corps ...