Photos show crew removing USAID signage amid the agency's uncertain future
A crew took letters off the USAID headquarters hours after President Trump called to "CLOSE IT DOWN." ...
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Trump and Musk should gut USAID. America needs to fix our own house first. | Opinion
About 10,000 USAID employees, excluding essential personnel, were notified Tuesday that they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday. So continues Trump's sledgehammer method ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Forbes3d
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Putting 2,200 Staff On Leave
Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC. 5:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 7Judge Carl Nichols prevented Trump from placing 2,200 USAID staff on leave while a lawsuit from labor unions ...
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 ...
New York Post5d
USAID workers hid Pride flags, ‘incriminating’ books when DOGE arrived: ‘It didn’t feel good’
A USAID worker said Monday that office employees scrambled to hide anything “incriminating” when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came knocking. DOGE is not a government agency ...
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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 ...