Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff
Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts administered through U.S.A.I.D. were being canceled, three people said.
Trump doubles USAID staff he’s keeping while calling for agency shutdown
A pro-President Trump Arab American organization, which performed voter outreach on his behalf to the Arab American communities during his 2024 White House run, has changed its name after the commander in chief’s remarks about taking over Gaza. The group’s name was changed from “Arab Americans for Trump” to “Arab Americans for Peace” on Tuesday,…
Trump sued by USAID workers union for shutting down global aid agency: ‘Profound moral stain’
Trump sued by USAID workers union for shutting down global aid agency: ‘Profound moral stain’ - The administration’s actions have triggered a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ according to latest federal lawsuit
Trump Administration Sued by Government Workers Over Slashing of USAID
The largest U.S. government worker 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.
USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency: report
Only 294 employees with the United States Agency for International Development have been deemed essential among roughly 10,000 global staff members. An internal chart of the employee breakdown shared by a former USAID global health director also notes that only 21 people will serve the Middle East,
Donald Trump’s administration plans to retain fewer than 300 USAID staff
The Trump administration plans to retain only a few hundred employees from the US Agency for International Development’s staff of thousands, according to four people familiar with the matter. Agency leaders were briefed on the plans on Thursday after notifying staff this week that most of them would be placed on leave and ordered home from overseas postings within 30 days,
Trump Administration Keeping Only 294 USAID Staff Out of Over 10,000 Globally, Sources Say
President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Labor groups sue to halt Trump admin’s dismantling of USAID as workforce is expected to be slashed to under 300
A pair of labor groups representing employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sued President Donald Trump on Thursday over his efforts to dismantle the decades-old agency as multiple sources told CNN that fewer than 300 employees are expected to be retained at the humanitarian agency.
Trump Administration to Leave USAID With Fewer Than 300 Workers
Remaining workers would oversee the limited life-saving programs the Trump administration intends to continue for the time being.
'Disturbing': Whistleblower fumes at Biden-era agency promoting DEI program as department's 'mission'
The now archived website for USAID, a department on the chopping block thanks to Elon Musk's DOGE efforts, has a webpage ...
Steube introduces legislation to abolish USAID as Musk, Trump allies move to gut agency
Sarasota, announced he will file legislation to abolish USAID, as Trump allies in government and the media attack the agency.
What is USAID? Here’s what to know about the agency targeted by Trump, Musk for shutdown
USAID programs include things like vaccination initiatives, which can help prevent the spread of diseases, but critics claim ...
Ex-USAID Head Says America Will 'Pay The Price' From Musk, Trump Attacking Agency
Andrew Natsios, a Republican who served under George W. Bush, knocked the pair for pushing "a lot of garbage" in their ...
Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International ...
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What is USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...
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Musk says he, Trump in process of closing US Agency for International Development
Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk, now in charge of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, said ...
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction"
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating the agency is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans ...