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 ...
NBC News5d
USAID announces nearly all direct hires will be placed on administrative leave
The U.S. Agency for International Development announced Tuesday night that almost all direct hires around the world will be placed on administrative leave this week. The move was announced on the ...
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 ...
Devex5d
Most USAID staff cut from agency, marking end of world’s largest donor
White screen, black text, USAID logo, and a message that states nearly all USAID direct hires will be placed on administrative leave on Friday, Feb. 7. “All USAID direct hire personnel will be ...
PBS2d
PHOTOS: USAID signs covered with black tape or removed at Washington headquarters
Signs identifying the headquarters of USAID have been removed or covered over with black tape in Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House. The agency’s headquarters, located in 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 ...
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 ...
MSNBC5d
Elon Musk calls USAID ‘a criminal organization.’ Here’s the truth.
Then, the purge started. Dozens of USAID’s top leaders were placed on immediate leave. Hundreds of support staff were let go, and those remaining were told not only to stop funding development ...
MSNBC2d
'There's no transparency here': Joe on deep cuts to USAID staff
The U.S. Agency of International Development is expected to be reduced to about 290 workers from the more than 5,000 foreign service officers, civil servants and personal service contractors it ...
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 ...
Fox News2d
I am a USAID whistleblower. I've got to admit, Musk is mostly right about agency's waste
PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch the author discuss this topic and more on "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Feb. 7 at 8 pm ET. I’m a physician who was suddenly laid off from USAID last month after Elon Musk ...
Marketplace3d
Protesters rally in support of USAID as Trump administration shuts it down
As of Friday, the second Trump administration is putting almost all employees of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, on leave. Opponents of the move held a rally on ...