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The Trump administration<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported that it learned from the Trump administration that 1,600 posts would be eliminated, after reviewing notices that were sent to USAID workers.<\/p>\n

“As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and\/or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave globally,” the notices read.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration intends on leaving fewer than 300 staffers on the job, out of the current 8,000 contractors and direct hires.<\/p>\n

USAID WORKERS SEND MESSAGE TO TRUMP ON BOXES WHILE LEAVING OFFICE FOR LAST TIME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The less than 300 remaining staff, along with an unknown number of the 5,000 locally hired international staff members abroad, will run the few life-saving programs that the administration said it intends to keep in place for the time being.<\/p>\n

Sacked USAID staffers left their Washington, D.C., offices for the last time on Friday, with some carrying boxes scrawled with messages that seemed to be directed at Trump, who is slashing the agency’s workforce.<\/p>\n

“We are abandoning the world,” read one message on a box containing belongings being hauled out by a grinning staffer as she walked out of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs office.<\/p>\n

‘WASTEFUL AND DANGEROUS’: DOGE’S TOP FIVE MOST SHOCKING REVELATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Another smiling staffer\u2019s box had a more upbeat tone, with her message reading: “You can take the humanitarians out of USAID<\/a> but you can\u2019t take the humanity out of the humanitarians.”<\/p>\n

Thousands of staffers had been notified weeks ago of their pending dismissals, and on Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols lifted a temporary restraining order he had issued at the outset of a lawsuit filed by government employee unions seeking a stop to the mass layoffs. After lifting the temporary restraining order, Nichols declined to issue a longer-term order that would have kept the employees in their posts.<\/p>\n

Trump has moved to gut the agency after imposing a 90-day pause on foreign aid. He also appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> as the acting director of USAID.<\/p>\n

SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO CONFIRMS BECOMING ACTING USAID CHIEF<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The agency has come under fire by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for alleged wasteful spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For instance, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the Senate DOGE Caucus Chairwoman, recently published a list<\/a> of projects and programs she says USAID has helped fund over the years, including $20 million to produce a Sesame Street show in Iraq.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several more examples<\/a> of questionable spending have been uncovered at USAID, including more than $900,000 to a “Gaza-based terror charity” called Bayader Association for Environment and Development and a $1.5 million program slated to “advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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