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How the Trump administration may have already broken the law
During internal meetings, a political appointee said Trump could not have a higher tolerance for legal risk. ・Law-Breaking: ...
In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law
ProPublica’s reporting provides new details about what legal risk officials were prepared to take and what laws they may have ...
Ambassador Tells Rubio U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Would Cause ‘Major Vulnerability’ in Africa
Other diplomats across the continent are sending similar cables to the secretary of state to try to maintain lifesaving aid ...
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Putting 2,200 Staff On Leave
5:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 7 Judge Carl Nichols prevented Trump from placing 2,200 USAID staff on leave while a lawsuit from labor ...
The unmasking of USAID
There have even been physical exchanges. Two USAID security officials attempted to physically block staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, set up by Elon Musk at President Donald Trump ...
USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
USAID announced that all "direct-hire personnel" will be placed on leave with some exceptions for those on "mission-critical ...
USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave starting Friday
A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all ...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to ...
USAID announces sweeping moves to sideline remaining staff
The move is the latest action in a jarring broadside against America’s foreign aid architecture that has followed President ...
USAID employees around the world will be placed on leave Friday and ordered to return to US
US Agency for International Development staff around the world will be placed on administrative leave Friday and ordered to ...
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, ...
State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave
The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to ...