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USAID Controversy Live Updates: Nearly All Of USAID’s Employees Being Laid Off
6 p.m. EST, Feb. 6 The New York Times reported the Trump administration plans to cut down USAID’s staff of 10,000 down to about 290 positions, with a small group of remaining workers specializing in health and humanitarian assistance, according to three unnamed people with knowledge of the plan who were cited by the Times.
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Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump calls on USAID to be closed down
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
Lawsuits imminent over Trump's dismantling of USAID
USAID employees and contractors are discussing potential litigation, four sources familiar with the talks told NBC News.
Trump administration to lay off nearly all USAID staff, report says
The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of foreign aid staff from more than 10,000 to 290, sources told The New York Times.
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Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump sued over effort to dismantle USAID
Elez's resignation came after the Wall Street Journal reported that he had links to a now-deleted social media account that allegedly advocated for racism and eugenics. ABC News has not independently verified the social media posts.
Your Morning: Trump’s plan to slash USAID staff
The Trump administration presented its plan to cut staffing for U.S. aid projects around the world as part of its dismantling of the USAID.
Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempt to dismantle agency
A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. In a joint statement,
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‘There’s A Culture Of Corruption’: Former USAID Director Spills Agency’s Abuse And Waste That He Says Runs Deep
A former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) director appeared Wednesday on Fox News to reveal details on what ...
What Does USAID Do? What We Know as Workers Asked Not to Return to Office
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk's support, has moved to shut down USAID, sparking questions about the agency's ...
Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress
USAID employees stationed overseas are struggling to navigate the sudden upheaval, having received little clear information ...
Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development ...
Trump calls USAID a 'tremendous fraud.' His wife and daughter promoted its work
In 2019 then-President Trump signed a memorandum launching a new "Women's Global Development and Prosperity" Initiative aimed ...
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 ...
How USAID Became a Conservative Bogeyman
Project 2025, the conservative governing playbook produced by veterans of the first Trump administration, has an entire ...
Turmoil inside USAID as Musk calls the agency 'criminal' and says it 'has to die'
Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government ...
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
Musk has called the agency “evil” and a “criminal organization,” though the fact that USAID was investigating the Starlink ...
‘Spreading atheism’: Vance warns religious efforts abroad ‘corrupted’ by US bureaucracy amid USAID controversy
Vice President JD Vance slammed the U.S. government's previous promotion of atheism on the world stage while addressing the ...
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Truth Be Told: Trump administration's claim of USAID waste is oversimplified
According to a recent Congressional Research Service report, USAID funded programs in 130 countries in 2023. Now, nearly all ...