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Elon Musk Just Completed His Sinister Takeover of USAID
On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave ...
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Republican Congressman Issues Unhinged Call to Deport Ilhan Omar
Representative Ilhan Omar’s Republican colleagues are once again calling for her to be deported because they don’t understand ...
Sorting out the facts on ‘waste and abuse’ at USAID
Funding for three of the four projects highlighted came from the State Department for cultural activities on behalf of ...
Indiatimes2d
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 ...
The Hill7d
USAID worker-turned-lawmaker: ‘This is no way to govern’
“You have mysterious people within this new administration sending out emails across the entirety of USAID telling them not to show up,” Kim said Monday in a clip posted on the social platform ...
CBS News3d
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 ...
The Washington Post5d
USAID announces sweeping moves to sideline remaining staff
The Trump administration took sweeping new steps against the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday, putting an additional vast swath of employees on leave and notifying all overseas ...
USA Today6d
Trump and Musk should gut USAID. America needs to fix our own house first. | Opinion
About 10,000 USAID employees, excluding essential personnel, were notified Tuesday that they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday. So continues Trump's sledgehammer method ...
Business Insider3d
Judge blocks Trump, Musk's shutdown of USAID
A federal judge has partially blocked the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the US Agency for International Development. Judge Carl Nichols said in a Friday order he would temporarily ...
USA Today5d
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 ...
CBS News4d
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 ...
New York Post6d
USAID was rotten, but Trump needs the ‘soft power’ of foreign aid done right
In an ideal world, USAID strengthens US influence through soft power. At just over $40 billion, USAID’s annual budget is a small fraction of the Department of Defense’s annual allocation of ...