Watchdog warns Trump’s dismantling of vetting at USAID means US money could reach terror groups
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its sweeping freeze on ...
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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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USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
USAID has more than 10,000 employees, with about two-thirds serving overseas, according to a Congressional Research Service report. Some 1,400 work in the agency's D.C. headquarters. The agency ...
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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.
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USAID employees around the world will be placed on leave Friday and ordered to return to US
It is not legal for the president to unilaterally “abolish, move, or consolidate USAID,” a report this week from the Congressional Research Service affirmed. He needs to have congressional ...
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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 funded 6,200 journalists, supported 707 media outlets globally: Report
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed that USAID funded 6,200 journalists, 707 non-state media outlets, and 279 media-focused NGOs in more than 30 countries in 2023. The 2025 US foreign aid ...
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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 missions overseas ordered to shut down, staff being recalled: report
Overseas missions for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have reportedly been told to shut down and that staffers were being recalled to the United States by Friday. CBS ...
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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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What is USAID and how did it become a political firestorm?
according to a report by the Congressional Research Service. Established by then-President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as an independent agency, the goal of USAID was two-pronged: to counter Soviet ...