Trump administration sued by government workers over cuts to USAID
The largest U.S. government workers' union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency
Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.
Trump Administration Highlights: Nearly All Jobs Are Said to Be Cut at Aid Agency
Demonstrators outside the Capitol on Wednesday in support of U.S. Agency for International Development.Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Job cuts: The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,
What is the USAID? Elon Musk says President Trump agreed to shut down the federal agency
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.
Trump doubles USAID staff he’s keeping while calling for agency shutdown
But the administration at the same time has revised upward the number of USAID staff it plans to keep from 300 to 600 out of more than 10,000 previously, according to three people
Government workers sue to stop Trump from dismantling USAID
The suit says the administration's actions are costing thousands of jobs, threatening national security interests and causing a humanitarian catastrophe.
Trump slashing USAID workforce will have 'devastating' impact on the world
The White House is slashing the USAID workforce. Trump's funding freeze is also stalling federal firefighter hiring. NBC News correspondents Kelly O'Donnell, Sahil Kapur and Jacob Soboroff have the latest reporting.
Unions sue Trump administration over USAID agency cuts
The lawsuit is the first seeking to block the Trump administration's overhaul of the US Agency for International Development.
Donald Trump’s administration plans to retain fewer than 300 USAID staff
The Trump administration plans to retain only a few hundred employees from the US Agency for International Development’s staff of thousands, according to four people familiar with the matter. Agency leaders were briefed on the plans on Thursday after notifying staff this week that most of them would be placed on leave and ordered home from overseas postings within 30 days,
'Disturbing': Whistleblower fumes at Biden-era agency promoting DEI program as department's 'mission'
The now archived website for USAID, a department on the chopping block thanks to Elon Musk's DOGE efforts, has a webpage ...
What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained
Elon Musk said he is feeding USAID thorugh the wood chipper. The federal agency provides disaster relief across the world and ...
USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency: report
An internal chart of the employee breakdown shared by a former USAID global health director also notes that only 21 people ...
First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency
Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have ...
Ex-USAID Head Says America Will 'Pay The Price' From Musk, Trump Attacking Agency
Andrew Natsios, a Republican who served under George W. Bush, knocked the pair for pushing "a lot of garbage" in their ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction."
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating USAID is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans less ...
Steube introduces legislation to abolish USAID as Musk, Trump allies move to gut agency
Sarasota, announced he will file legislation to abolish USAID, as Trump allies in government and the media attack the agency.
Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International ...
Musk says United States Agency for International Development to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive
Elon Musk, leading the federal cost-cutting panel, announced plans to shut down USAID, describing it as 'beyond repair.' The U.S., as the world's largest single donor, disbursed $72 billion in aid in ...