Public Citizen v. Department of State

The Trump Administration has stated that it intends to make health assistance contingent upon its foreign policy priorities, such as access to other nations’ mineral and other natural resources. From December 2025 to February 2026, the U.S. reportedly entered into dozens of bilateral agreements for health funding with foreign nations. The Department briefly posted, but then removed, the text of five of those agreements, which Public Citizen retained and posted here.

In December 2025, Public Citizen submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the State Department for copies of several of those health agreements, along with supporting documentation. When after several months the State Department had not responded to the requests, we filed suit under FOIA to compel production of the requested records.