Trump, USAID

Can Trump Dissolve USAID? 10,000 Jobs Hang In The Balance
Elon Musk leads the charge to overhaul USAID, with Trump’s approval. As 10,000 jobs at risk, can Musk and the administration dissolve the agency without legal consequences?
Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct hires and contractors.
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.
Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say. Here’s how it unfolded.
The Trump administration presented the plan Thursday, according to sources. Meanwhile, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought was confirmed as the White House budget director, and the NCAA adjusted its policies to align with Trump's order on transgender athletes.
Trump Administration Is Pulling Almost All USAID Workers Off the Job Worldwide
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.
Trump slashing USAID workforce will have 'devastating' impact on the world
The White House is slashing the USAID workforce. Trump's funding freeze is also stalling federal firefighter hiring. NBC News correspondents Kelly O'Donnell, Sahil Kapur and Jacob Soboroff have the latest reporting.
Trump administration sued by government workers over cuts to USAID
The largest U.S. government workers' union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Trump administration temporarily blocked from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.
USAID is stripped of its lease and staffers turned away from DC headquarters
Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers who showed up for ...
Gutting of USAID could cost thousands of American jobs
The Trump administration’s freeze of foreign aid and dismantling of the agency that oversees it is putting at risk thousands ...
Internships rescinded. Jobs lost. Foreign affairs students ask: What now?
As the Trump administration and Elon Musk seek to cut agencies such as USAID, college students worry the field they long ...
Vatican’s Caritas outraged at ‘reckless’ USAID cuts, says millions will die, others left in poverty
The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID.
Without USAID funding, Kansans who help children with disabilities lose jobs
Without USAID funding, a business co-owned by a Kansan who promotes education of children with disabilities is now on the ...
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Money Matters: Tracking the impact of USAID’s demise
Survey data from across the sector similarly paints a dark picture. Many organizations say they relied on USAID for more than ...
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Pope’s point-man on migration and aid concerned about USAID cuts, alarmed at U.S. migrant crackdown
Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles ...
USAID employee 'psychologically frightened' of Musk 'targeting,' doxxing private info
CBS’ “Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan spoke to an anonymous USAID worker on Saturday about efforts to shut down the ...