What does USAID do? What to know about the foreign aid agency that Elon Musk is trying to dismantle
Elon Musk tweeted that he "spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper." What might that mean for America's ability ...
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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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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
The USAID website and social media accounts have been taken offline; photos and the USAID logo have been stripped from the walls of the agency’s headquarters in D.C., and as of Monday ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Fox News5d
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 ...
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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 ...