The Trump administration is eliminating thousands of positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while also placing the majority of the remaining staff members on administration leave globally, just before midnight Sunday. The Associated Press reported that it learned from the Trump administration that 1,600 posts would be eliminated, after reviewing notices that […]
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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 plan to put 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on paid leave by midnight, Fox News has learned. He also told a government lawyer that he’s not sure whether he would include the […]
Who is Samantha Power? Meet the Biden-era USAID leader facing backlash amid Musk’s DOGE crackdown
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has recently become the target of Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts to slash government waste and spending, bringing increased scrutiny to the record of Samantha Power, the agency’s administrator during almost the entire Biden administration. Power, who previously served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from […]
USAID employee says staffers hid pride flags, ‘incriminating’ books when DOGE arrived
A USAID worker said Monday that office employees scrambled to hide anything “incriminating” when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came knocking. DOGE is not a government agency but has been tasked by the White House’s executive office with dismantling wasteful spending initiatives, and “special government employee” Elon Musk’s most recent target is the U.S. […]
‘Swindled the American taxpayer’: New House GOP internal memo rips Dem USAID uproar
EXCLUSIVE: An internal memo being circulated to House Republicans is urging lawmakers to argue that President Donald Trump’s handling of foreign aid is “already paying dividends” and that the Biden administration spent that money on initiatives like “a transgender opera in Colombia through the State Department.” The three-page document, obtained by Fox News Digital through […]
‘Illegal maneuver’ — Democratic lawmakers oppose merging USAID under State Department
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Feb. 3 protested the merging of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the State Department, warning that the decision threatens global aid programs, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting administrator of USAID, according to a […]
‘It’s beyond repair’ — Musk aims to shut down USAID, claims Trump’s backing
Elon Musk said on Feb. 3 that he discussed closing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with President Donald Trump, who allegedly agreed to shut it down. Musk, who heads the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), has blasted the USAID as a “criminal organization” and pushed for its dissolution. The agency funds initiatives ranging […]
Trump ‘agreed’ on shutting down USAID, Elon Musk says
Elon Musk, who is spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, said during an X spaces conversation that President Donald Trump agreed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should be shut down. Musk indicated that unlike an apple contaminated by a worm, the agency is “a bowl of worms.” “There is no […]
Suspilne: Washington orders USAID to suspend projects and funding in Ukraine
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the largest official aid agencies in the world, has been told to stop projects in Ukraine following a 90-day foreign aid freeze imposed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukrainian media Suspilne reported, citing sources in the agency, on Jan. 26. The sweeping directive took immediate […]