Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
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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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Where the fight over USAID’s future stands
Unions representing federal employees took the fight to save the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the courts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE ...
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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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How USAID went woke and destroyed itself
But take it from someone who worked at USAID for three years ... a new cast of aid implementers that cost less, deliver better results, such as local faith-based groups and businesses, and ...
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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 ...
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave
The Trump administration proposing cutting USAID staff from 8000 to fewer than 300. We want to ensure that we're being good stewards of the American taxpayers' dollars. The cuts to congressionally ...
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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 ...
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USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down, staff being recalled: report
"The results: opium poppy cultivation across the country nearly doubled, according to the UN," she wrote. "USAID asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street?’ and ended up ...
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 ...
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 ...