President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on January 20, 2025. AP, Fox News, and NPR all reported the directive as one of the administration's first-day global-health actions.
Coverage across the spectrum agreed that Trump had tried to leave the WHO in his first term and that Biden later reversed that move. The order reopened debate over whether the organization is a necessary coordination body or an ineffective bureaucracy.
Fox News emphasized long-running conservative complaints about the WHO's conduct during the pandemic, while AP and NPR focused more on how withdrawal could reduce U.S. leverage in future outbreaks.