USAID workers scramble for answers after Trump pulls almost all of them off the job worldwide

The Independent

The Independent

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President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk are gutting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—but foreign aid represents only a tiny fraction of the federal budget.
Newsweek
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US aid agency places global staff on leave as part of Trump's purge
Hindustan Times
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Democratic strategists warned pushing back on President Donald Trump’s anti-bureaucracy efforts could be a "monster miscalculation" in the president’s favor.
Fox News
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The administration notified USAID workers in emails and a notice posted online, the latest in a sudden dismantling of the aid agency by returning political appointees from President Donald Trump's first term and billionaire Elon Musk's government-efficiency teams who call much of the spending on programs overseas wasteful.
Time

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