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USAID staff will be put on leave starting

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked messages show chaos at USAID as HR staff dealing with employee exits are placed on administrative leave

Staff have been placed on administrative leave and some tell Fortune communication from the agency has been chaotic. The move has faced international criticism over the potential global impact on aid efforts and job losses.

ABC · 17h

USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave starting Friday

A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all USAID staffers who are on foreign assignment.

Forbes · 15h

USAID Controversy Live Updates: Nearly All Of USAID’s 10,000 Global Staffers To Be Placed On Leave

The notice on USAID’s website said “all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally,” by the end of this week “with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions,

USAID workers scramble for answers

The Associated Press on MSN · 17m

USAID workers scramble for answers after President Donald Trump pulls almost all of them off the job worldwide

U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or take children out of school under a sudden Trump administration order that pulled almost all of them off the job and

The Washington Post · 18h

Trump administration pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

The Trump administration says it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide

USA TODAY on MSN · 10h

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

WASHINGTON − About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, have been notified that they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency.

Ex-USAID official slams Musk and Trump

MSNBC · 1d

Instilling ‘chaos and fear’: Ex-USAID official slams Musk and Trump

NBC News has learned that Elon Musk has officially joined the Trump administration as a “special government employee.” Musk said he and President Trump are shutting down USAID. Former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID Dr.

The Boston Globe · 1d

Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers

The developments come after thousands of USAID employees already have been laid off and programs shut down in the two weeks since Trump became president.

Yahoo · 1d

Musk appears to have 'quite a bit of power' as he and Trump purge USAID

Elon Musk says he and President Donald Trump are shutting down USAID. NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard has more details. Staff Writer with The Atlantic and MSNBC Political Contributor Mark Leibovich joins Katy Tur to weigh in on why the Trump Administration wants to shut down USAID.

Trump, USAID

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Says He Thinks He Will Wind Down US Humanitarian Agency

When a reporter said to Trump it sounded like he was going to "wind down" the agency, Trump chuckled and said "I think so." Chaos has consumed the agency, which distributes billions of dollars of humanitarian aid around the world,

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Trump confirms he is winding down USAID

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed he will "wind down" the U.S. Agency for International Development. The agency has been in turmoil as the Trump administration considers merging USAID into the State Department in a major revamp that would shrink its workforce and align its spending with Trump's "America First" policy.

CNN · 1d

What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it

Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries.

USAID, Elon Musk

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Marco Rubio appointed acting director of USAID after Elon Musk vows to shut down agency

Protesters gathered outside the USAID building in Washington, D.C., after Donald Trump and Elon Musk vowed to shut the agency down.

The New Republic on MSN · 6h

Elon Musk Just Put All USAID Employees on Indefinite Leave

After days offline, USAID’s website was finally restored late Tuesday… with a notice announcing that all employees will be placed on administrative leave. “On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally,

Yahoo · 1d

Elon Musk says USAID needs to be shut down

USAID headquarters in Washington D.C. are closed after President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took aim at the agency over the weekend.

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USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list. Here's where the foreign aid agency spends its money.

USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could cut wasteful ...

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Top Dem strategists warn USAID funding fight is a ‘trap’ for the party

Some Democratic strategists described their concerns with the party fighting back on President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...

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From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...

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USAID announces sweeping moves to sideline remaining staff

The move is the latest action in a jarring broadside against America’s foreign aid architecture that has followed President ...

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USAID employees around the world will be placed on leave Friday and ordered to return to US

US Agency for International Development staff around the world will be placed on administrative leave Friday and ordered to ...

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Marco Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praising ...

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USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday

Thousands of employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday ...

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Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...

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USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down by Friday

About two-thirds of USAID employees serve overseas, and sources say the Trump administration is ordering all staff recalled.

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'Swindled the American taxpayer': New House GOP internal memo rips Dem USAID uproar

A new internal memo being circulated among certain Republican lawmakers is encouraging a set of talking points to push back ...

Alert: Democratic lawmakers are blocked from entering USAID offices to talk to workers, say unwinding the aid agency is illegal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are blocked from entering USAID offices to talk to workers, say unwinding the aid agency is illegal.

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