2,200 Usaid Employees

Judge pauses Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave

The ruling came just hours before nearly all of the aid agency's employees were to be sent on administrative leave.

BBC News - 9m

Judge blocks move to place 2,200 USAID employees on leave

A federal judge Friday prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of USAID on administrative leave for now.

CBS News - 16m

Judge pauses Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands

A federal judge on Friday said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.

NBC News - 19m

Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods

As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.

The New York Times - 1h

What's next for USAID workers amid Trump changes

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development employees on leave. However, the White House still has the agency ...

CBS News - 3h

Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now

A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.

CBS News - 3h

Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave

The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aid

Financial Times - 3h

Is the Trump administration's buyout offer to federal employees legal?

The legality of the Trump administration’s buyout offer is shrouded in uncertainty as questions remain over whether it is even valid without Congress’ approval.

NBC News - 5h

Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave

Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a "very limited" temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.

CNBC - 5h

Confusion, tears and 'Hunger Games' at USAID as agency prepares to go dark

"We feel like it's closing time at the store and we're the ones left to turn off the lights," one career official told ABC News.

ABC News - 6h

Judge to block Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave

A federal judge plans to block the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.

ABC News - 6h

Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees

A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.

NBC News - 6h

USAID signage stripped from D.C. headquarters amid agency dismantling

Letter by letter, crews removed the signage displaying “U.S. Agency for International Development” from the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington where the agency's headquarters once was. The seal ...

NBC News - 7h

Trump calls USAID a 'tremendous fraud.' His wife and daughter promoted its work

President Donald Trump has denigrated the aid agency as a "tremendous fraud."

ABC News - 11h

Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Employees and Scale Back Exhibitions

The museum, which faces a projected $10 million deficit, said it planned to cut more than a tenth of its employees and mount fewer exhibitions.

The New York Times - 12h

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

The New York Times - 12h

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal employee buyout program

A federal judge in Boston has temporarily halted President Trump's federal employee buyout program proposal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist and Danny Cevallos reports on legal aspects surrounding the ...

NBC News - 13h

USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say

Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.

The New York Times - 14h

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid

Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

NBC News - 18h

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout

Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge has temporarily blocked the buyout offer.

ABC News - 1d

USAID shutdown ripples worldwide: "Huge impact on actual human lives"

Grassroots groups around the world have lost funding for a range of humanitarian projects, including medical aid and fighting human trafficking.

CBS News - 1d

USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency

The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.

Wired - 1d

Federal Employees Push Back on Trump’s Job Slashing Drive

Civil servants, officials, and outside groups are challenging Trump’s frenzied orders to slash federal agencies and headcounts, often denouncing them as illegal.

Inc. - 1d

How shuttering USAID could impact famine, lives in Sudan

President Trump's efforts to shutter the humanitarian agency, USAID, could have drastic impacts on places like war-torn Sudan. The stoppage could mean less medicine for the sick, fewer first ...

CBS News - 1d

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

Wired - 2d

USAID worker says "everyone is really scared" at agency after being locked out

USAID personnel have been locked out of their offices and email since Monday, leaving many confused as to whether they'll have healthcare or paychecks coming. One staffer spoke anonymously to ...

CBS News - 2d

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.