Photos show crew removing USAID signage amid the agency's uncertain future
A crew took letters off the USAID headquarters hours after President Trump called to "CLOSE IT DOWN." ...
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How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Then on Sunday came a flurry of posts wherein the world’s richest person, the Trump-appointed head of the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, described USAID, the foreign ...
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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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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 ...
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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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When Melania, Ivanka used USAID funds for their pet projects: 'It's really touching'
Records now reveal that both Melania and Ivanka used thousands of dollars from USAID to fund their pet projects during the first term. USAID helped Melania Trump's Be Best program and Ivanka Trump ...
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Federal judge orders pause on USAID administrative leave
Gilbride pointed out that the freeze of funds also put USAID contracting officers on the hook, as they bore legal liability for the payment of funds that the government had frozen. Gilbride argued ...
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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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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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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 employees around the world will be placed on leave Friday and ordered to return to US
As of 11:59 p.m. ET Friday, “all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical ...