CBS News1d
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave
Washington — A federal judge on Friday prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, on administrative leave ...
The Daily Star8d
USAID funding suspension
After the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and JICA, USAID remains the fourth-largest development partner in Bangladesh, implementing over 100 projects in sectors such as health, education ...
NBC News3d
USAID to be reduced to about 290 foreign service officers and civil servants
Thousands of USAID employees learned they would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday through a message posted on USAID.gov this week. USAID personnel overseas were ...
The Hill3d
Trump administration slashing USAID workforce to fewer than 300 employees: Reports
The government’s foremost foreign aid agency is being gutted. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workforce is being slashed from more than 10,000 employees to fewer than 300 ...
NBC News2d
Judge pauses Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands
"All USAID employees currently on administrative leave shall be reinstated until that date, and shall be given complete access to email, payment, and security notification systems until that date ...
USA Today3d
Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency
A State Department notice to USAID employees ‒ two-thirds of whom work overseas across 60 countries ‒ said all USAID "direct hire personnel" across the world will be placed on administrative ...
ABC News2d
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight
The judge also ordered the reinstatement of some 500 USAID workers who had already been put on administrative leave and ordered that no USAID employees should be evacuated from their host ...
CBS News3d
USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down by Friday
Washington — All overseas missions for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, have been ordered to shut down and all staff will be recalled by Friday, multiple sources ...
USA Today5d
Trump accuses USAID of being 'corrupt'; implies the agency's days are numbered
Trump's comments came a day after the White House said more than 600 USAID employees had been put on administrative leave and more than 700 personal service contracts had been terminated ...
The Daily Star7d
The dangerous consequences of USAID fund freeze
After the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and JICA, USAID remains the fourth-largest development partner in Bangladesh, implementing over 100 projects in sectors such as health, education ...
The Hill2d
If USAID ends, American diplomacy will be the biggest loser
President Trump’s characterizations of the U.S. Agency for International Development and Elon Musk’s efforts to abolish it have resurrected painful memories. Hearing a president say that the ...
Business Insider3d
The USAID shutdown could make China more powerful. Beijing is already pouring billions into countries around the world.
The abrupt firing of most staff at the US Agency for International Development — a process the White House put into motion this week — is likely to benefit China on the world stage. "The ...