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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Most USAID staff cut from agency, marking end of world’s largest donor
White screen, black text, USAID logo, and a message that states nearly all USAID direct hires will be placed on administrative leave on Friday, Feb. 7. “All USAID direct hire personnel will be ...
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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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The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
The USAID website and social media accounts have been taken offline; photos and the USAID logo have been stripped from the walls of the agency’s headquarters in D.C., and as of Monday ...
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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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Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers
While Trump has spent the first three weeks of his new presidency making broad changes to the federal government, the fast-moving developments at USAID have emerged as a particularly controversial ...
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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 ...
Roll Call5d
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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Musk on USAID: ‘Time for it to die’
USAID “is a criminal organization,” Musk, whom President Donald Trump has tasked with leading a government efficiency group — DOGE — wrote on X Sunday. “Time for it to die,” he added.