United States United States Agency for International Development

Almost all USAID workers across globe placed on leave

USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency: report

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, with only eight people assigned to all of Asia and eight people assigned to Latin America.

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Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.

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USAID announces all 'direct hire' workers globally will be placed on leave by Friday

The United States Agency for International Development announced that a majority of its workers will be placed on leave on Friday.

Protesters rally in support of USAID

The Conversation on MSN · 8h

Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is all about strategic interests

The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced international development aid.

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The Latest: Protesters across the US rally against Trump and the shuttering of USAID

U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or pull children from school after the Trump administration ordered employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development off the job and out of the field,

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Protesters, lawmakers rally against Trump's stop-work order for USAID employees

Protesters gathered around Capitol Hill on Wednesday to push back on the Trump administration's decision to furlough nearly all USAID employees. Former U.S. State Dept. appointee discusses.

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 ...

What is the USAID? Elon Musk says President Trump agreed to shut down the federal agency

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments ...

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Trump’s rapid dismantling of USAID leaves workers around world concerned for safety and futures

The Trump administration’s rapid moves to dismantle the US Agency for International Development have left thousands of ...

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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 ...

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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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First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have ...

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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 ...

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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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Musk says United States Agency for International Development to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive

Elon Musk, leading the federal cost-cutting panel, announced plans to shut down USAID, describing it as 'beyond repair.' The U.S., as the world's largest single donor, disbursed $72 billion in aid in ...

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Tom Fitton: USAID has become a 'plaything’ for the radical left's global agenda

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton says the far-left treats the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ...

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