Where the fight over USAID’s future stands
The future of the government’s foreign assistance agency hangs in the balance after a federal judge temporarily paused the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of employees on ...
USA Today5d
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gizmodo5d
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
Since coming into power, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has barraged USAID, the international aid agency that dispenses food and supplies to nations all over the world.
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 ...
Fox News3d
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 ...
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 ...
The Washington Post7d
Rubio unveils plan to review and potentially abolish USAID
SAN SALVADOR — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled plans Monday to restructure and potentially abolish the U.S. Agency for International Development, moving swiftly against a department that ...
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.
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 ...