Weekly Blitz3d
Trump’s assault on USAID and the future of US diplomacy
Over the decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has operated as a pillar of American foreign ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
New York Post6d
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide — except those deemed essential
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced Tuesday that it will place all non-essential direct-hire staffers around the world on leave as the Trump administration cracks down on ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Hill4d
Trump administration slashing USAID workforce to fewer than 300 employees: Reports
The government’s foremost foreign aid agency is being gutted. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workforce is being slashed from more than 10,000 employees to fewer than 300 ...
New York Post5d
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 ...
Forbes3d
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Putting 2,200 Staff On Leave
Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC. 5:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 7Judge Carl Nichols prevented Trump from placing 2,200 USAID staff on leave while a lawsuit from labor unions ...
The Hill6d
USAID workers placed on administrative leave ‘until further notice’
Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are being placed on administrative leave with pay “until further notice,” according to letters reviewed by The Hill.
Business Insider3d
Federal workers sue to stop USAID's dismantling and the cutting of its workforce from 10,000 to 300 staff
Federal workers are suing to stop the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development, which faces cuts to nearly all of its over 10,000 staff by Friday. The cuts would reduce ...