USA Today3d
USAID signs pulled from HQ as judge puts 'limited' block on Trump bid to dismantle agency
Earlier this week, about 10,000 USAID employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, were notified that they will be placed on administrative ...
Reuters4d
US judge pauses plan to put USAID workers on leave
Nichols's order, which will be in effect until February 14, blocks the Trump administration from implementing plans to place about 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave beginning on Saturday and ...
CBS News2d
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 ...
USA Today4d
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 ...
CBS News4d
USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
Washington — Nearly all staff for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, will be placed on leave Friday night, the agency announced on its website Tuesday night. Earlier in the ...
New York Post6d
USAID was rotten, but Trump needs the ‘soft power’ of foreign aid done right
In an ideal world, USAID strengthens US influence through soft power. At just over $40 billion, USAID’s annual budget is a small fraction of the Department of Defense’s annual allocation of ...
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 ...
Fox News3d
How USAID went woke and destroyed itself
But take it from someone who worked at USAID for three years: Its fate was already sealed. USAID, the U.S. government’s vehicle to disburse tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded foreign ...
New York Post6d
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide — except those deemed essential
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced Tuesday that it will place all non-essential direct-hire staffers around the world on leave as the Trump administration cracks down on ...
Fox News6d
USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down, staff being recalled: report
Most United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees around the world will be placed on administrative leave, the agency said Tuesday, amid reports that its overseas missions ...
Longview News-Journal4d
USAID workers put on forced leave amid bid to kill aid agency
WASHINGTON — Thousands of American USAID workers were put on forced leave Friday as President Trump plows ahead with plans to effectively kill the nation’s main foreign aid agency. Fewer than ...