By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of internal contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.

The move, detailed in emails obtained by The Post, comes as the Trump administration seeks to radically reorient the U.S. relationship with foreign assistance.

At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency were placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s agenda.

A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on Wednesday, killing 20 people, an official said.

USAID is in charge of ordering the drugs used by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in its programs that keep 20 million people with HIV alive, Gawande said. This work stoppage means that pharmacy stocking in more than 25 countries suddenly stops, as do payments to partner organizations, which are mostly locally run.

On Monday, top officials at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were put on leave for allegedly not abiding by President Trump's executive order to freeze much of U.S. foreign aid.

Dozens of senior officials in the U.S. agency that administers foreign aid were reportedly placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into alleged resistance to President Donald

Hundreds of contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on U.