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Judge allows Trump administration to resume placing USAID workers on leave
USAID may resume placing employees on administrative leave as Elon Musk and DOGE try to eliminate the agency entirely.
Judge clears way for Trump admin to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency have moved swiftly to shutter USAID, asserting without evidence that its work is wasteful and out of line with the president’s agenda.
Judge Clears Path for USAID Overhaul Amid Controversy
A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans to reduce USAID staff, citing cost-cutting efforts. Concerns arise as workers face abrupt relocations, potentially affecting emergency communications,
Judge Clears Way for USAID to Put More Than 2,000 Employees on Leave
A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from putting more than 2,000 U.S. Agency for International Development workers on leave, a setback for government employee unions suing over what they have called an effort to dismantle the foreign aid agency.
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave
President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
Judge Allows Trump Admin to Remove Thousands of USAID Staff
US District Judge Carl Nichols lifted a temporary block, permitting the administration to significantly downsize USAID staff.
Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
USAID workers based in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell a harrowing story of how Trump’s attack on the agency ...
USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ...
Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge
As many as 25 USAID staffers and spouses in the later stages of high-risk pregnancies overseas say they have been left in ...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid ...
USAID worker blames 'stress and strain' of Trump’s aid freeze for wife's pregnancy scare
A U.S. foreign service officer blamed the Trump administration's "cruel and harmful shutdown" of USAID for threatening the ...
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Beyer highlights USAID chaos in Congo: ‘Astounding display of incompetence and apathy’
A USAID worker deployed to Congo described a chaotic scene as he was leaving the country in a rush following the abrupt Trump ...
Seven African countries to be hit hardest by Trump's USAID cuts
The Trump administration's cuts to USAID could trigger "a potentially massive economic shock," researchers said.
USAID official says 'changes' to system have delayed payments to some staffers
A top USAID official acknowledged that "changes" in the agency's payment system had left some foreign service officers without "certain allowance payments." ...