USAID staff placed on leave and ordered home from overseas posts

USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday

The agency has become a focus of the Trump administration's efforts to cut government spending.

BBC News - 1h

USAID putting nearly all staff on leave; overseas missions shuttering

USAID announced that all "direct-hire personnel" will be placed on leave with some exceptions for those on "mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."

CBS News - 9h

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 abruptly leave their posts.

Wired - 9h

USAID missions shutting down, staff ordered to return from overseas

Multiple sources have confirmed that all United States Agency for International Development overseas missions will be shut down and all staff members will be recalled by Friday. Maura Reap, former ...

CBS News - 11h

USAID announces nearly all direct hires will be placed on administrative leave

USAID announced Tuesday night that almost all direct hires around the world will be placed on administrative leave later this week.

NBC News - 7h

USAID workers placed on administrative leave 'until further notice'

Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are being placed on administrative leave with pay "until further notice," according to letters reviewed by The Hill. Employees ...

The Hill - 10h

'Paid administrative hell': Some Ed. Dept. staff put on leave after Trump's DEI order

While no specific reason was given, three employees told ABC News they believe the common thread among them is attendance at a voluntary diversity training.

ABC News - 20h

Democrat places blanket hold on Trump’s State Department picks over targeting of USAID

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s nominees to the State Department until ...

The Hill - 1d

Democrats blocked from entering USAID headquarters

A group of Senate and House Democrats were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday. The Democratic lawmakers, who are opposed to ...

The Hill - 1d

Musk takes aim at USAID and top moments from the Grammys: Morning Rundown

Musk says he and Trump have agreed to shut down USAID down.

NBC News - 1d

Senior USAid officials put on leave after denying access to Musk’s Doge team

After standoff, Doge members gained control over access system, letting them lock out workers and read emails. tt. Two senior security officials at the US Agency for International Development ...

The Guardian - 2d

Two top security officials at USAID placed on leave, sources say

USAID Director for Security John Vorhees and Deputy Director for Security Brian McGill were put on leave last night, two sources confirmed to CBS News.

CBS News - 2d

Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I.

Some of those put on leave said they had only a minimal connection to diversity or equity efforts.

The New York Times - 2d

Ohio State football staffer under investigation, placed on administrative leave in December, per reports

Joe Lyberger, who assists with the team's linebackers, has not yet been informed of specific accusations

CBS Sports - 6d

Foreign aid freeze leads to USAID staff suspensions, contractor terminations

Approximately 60 senior staff within USAID have been suspended, leaving the agency without clear leadership, five sources familiar with the internal action told CBS News.

CBS News - Jan. 28

Brian Belichick reportedly leaving Mike Vrabel's Patriots coaching staff

Mike Vrabel joined the Patriots as head coach in a throwback to the Bill Belichick era. But his tenure won't involve Belichick's son, Brian.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 28

CDC staff told to stop communications with WHO after Trump's executive order

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have been directed to cut off all communications with the World Health Organization following President Trump's executive order to formally ...

CBS News - Jan. 28

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services. Clinics in Uganda are ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

Trump administration puts about 60 USAid officials on leave after aid freeze

Memo said some actions in agency ‘appeared to be designed to circumvent’ Trump’s orders and ‘America First’ policy. The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

More than 50 career civil servants at USAID are placed on administrative leave

The action targeted senior leadership across the agency, including top lawyers, three sources told NBC News.

NBC News - Jan. 28

CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

CBS News - Jan. 27

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam on Trump's order to end federal DEI programs and put staff on leave

It's been nearly one week since President Trump signed an executive order calling for the end of federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and placing DEI-supporting employees on paid leave. ...

CBS News - Jan. 27

Lessons from ancient India on post-conflict reconstruction

Peace engineering is difficult to measure but critical to do

Financial Times - Jan. 26

Federal workers placed on leave by Trump's DEI order are angry and fearful of what lies ahead

Longtime federal workers say they have become pawns in a battle for political control, that their DEI work is misunderstood and that they are under surveillance.

NBC News - Jan. 23

All federal DEI employees placed on leave

All federal employees who hold roles in diversity, equity and inclusion programs have been placed on paid leave as President Trump, immediately after taking office this week, signed executive ...

CBS News - Jan. 22

US diversity staff put on leave as Trump orders end to federal DEI programs

President decrees end of DEI offices, roles and initiatives within 60 days and repeals civil rights-era equity policies. US politics live – latest updates . All US federal employees working in ...

The Guardian - Jan. 22

Trump orders all federal DEI staff be put on leave

President Trump has ordered all federal offices to put their diversity, equity and inclusion employees on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Trump signed an executive order Monday claiming that ...

CBS News - Jan. 22

Federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave

The Trump administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. In a Tuesday memo, the U.S. Office of Personnel ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel ...

NBC News - Jan. 22

Scores of Senior Diplomats Are Leaving Posts as Trump Takes Office

The departures are common when a transition takes place, but it is now happening more quickly and on a larger scale than under previous administrations, a U.S. official said.

The New York Times - Jan. 20

Hochul orders flags to full staff for Trump inauguration

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has ordered all flags in New York state to be risen from half-staff to full staff on Monday for President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Flags across the country are ...

The Hill - Jan. 20

The kindness of strangers: dazed, confused and far from home, a train worker offered me a place to stay

I was a sobbing country kid, stranded without luggage at a big-city train station, when a voice inquired: ‘Can I help you?’. Read more in the kindness of strangers series I grew up in Wagga ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

Supreme Court leaves TikTok ban in place

The Supreme Court announces it has declined to stop a ban on TikTok, which is set to go into effect Sunday. NBC’s Laura Jarrett weighs in on the future of the popular app.

NBC News - Jan. 17

‘Deeply alarmed’: Washington Post staff request meeting with Jeff Bezos

Journalists say in letter ‘trust has been lost’ and seek in-person meeting with billionaire owner over paper’s future. Over 400 staff members at the Washington Post have sent a letter to Jeff ...

The Guardian - Jan. 15

Texas governor orders state's flags raised to full-staff for Trump's inauguration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the state's flags be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day, as President-elect Trump enters his second term in the White House. The move disrupts the ...

The Hill - Jan. 13

Jennifer Rubin resigns from Washington Post

Jennifer Rubin has resigned from her position as a columnist at The Washington Post amid a period of internal strife at the outlet to begin the new year. Rubin, who has been a columnist at the Post ...

The Hill - Jan. 13

Newsom announces executive order centered around rebuilding post-fires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced an executive order centered around rebuilding in the wake of the recent Los Angeles-area wildfires on Sunday. “I'm worried about issues of rebuilding as ...

The Hill - Jan. 12

James Woods posts video of fire engulfing neighbor's home: 'Leaving'

Actor James Woods posted a video of a fire engulfing his neighbor’s home in the Pacific Palisades, an epicenter of one of three wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. The Emmy-award-winning ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

USAID staff placed on leave and ordered home from overseas posts

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