Judge temporarily blocks 2,200 USAID workers from being placed on leave by midnight
A Trump-appointed judge said at an emergency hearing on Friday that he would put a temporary block on the administration's ...
Federal judge orders pause on USAID administrative leave
A federal judge in Washington said Friday he would temporarily order the federal government not to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development employees on administrative leave and to ...
Politico Pro and the swamp economy
The reports of USAID subsidies to Politico weren't true, but underneath the $8 million in taxpayer-funded subscriptions to Politico is something more swampy.
Ending USAID programs could undercut Trump's goal of slashing migration to the U.S., groups say
In Colombia and Haiti, U.S. money has provided tools for farming and fishing and given incentives for people to stay in those ...
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Thousands to begin forced leave at USAID under Trump’s plan to gut the agency
A judge was holding a hearing Friday afternoon in the lawsuit from federal workers associations, who argue that President ...
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 ...
Forced leaves start at USAID as Trump prepares to gut the foreign aid agency
Forced leaves have begun in Washington and worldwide for most employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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 ...
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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 ...
How Trump and Musk have shaken the federal workforce
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have upended the federal workforce, firing top officials, grinding billion-dollar ...
Trump admin slashes USAID’s 10,000-people workforce to less than 300: reports
The Trump administration cut the US Agency for International Development’s workforce to the bone Thursday, reducing the ...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting ...