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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 - 4d -
USAID leaders escorted out of building after blocking DOGE access to secure systems
Senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were placed on administrative leave after they refused to turn over classified material to teams from the Department of ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump: USAID ‘run by a bunch of radical lunatics’ after reports of merger with State Department
President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after recent news reports that he is considering merging the agency with the State ...The Hill - 4d -
Musk calls USAID a 'criminal organization' that should 'die'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he believes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is a “criminal organization” that should “die.” “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to ...The Hill - 4d -
Future of USAID uncertain
Sources tell NBC News that more than a thousand civil workers and contractors with USAID have been placed on leave as the agency has become a target of Elon Musk and his Department of Government ...NBC News - 4d -
Rep. Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department
GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ...CBS News - 4d -
USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department
Move would threaten life-saving global humanitarian aid programs, from HIV/Aids treatments to clean water access. The website for the US Agency for International Development, or USAid, appeared to ...The Guardian - 5d -
The future of USAID remains uncertain amid Trump's funding freeze
Just one week after the Trump administration initiated a near-total freeze of U.S. foreign aid, the future of the U.S.NBC News - 5d -
Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’
Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot. The Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by ...The Guardian - 6d -
Democrats slam Trump over reports he'll merge USAID with State Department
Democrats on Friday slammed President Trump over recent news reports that he is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department. “It is ...The Hill - 6d -
Senior USAID official ousted after fighting back against removal of career leadership
An order sidelining almost 60 senior career leaders at the U.S. Agency for International Development was temporarily rescinded Thursday by one of the few remaining senior career civil servants with ...NBC News - Jan. 31 -
As Trump seeks to reshape the federal workforce, unions blast Schedule F
Trump executive order that reclassifies career civil servants risks politicizing thousands of government jobs, critics say.CBS News - Jan. 29 -
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 -
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 -
U.S. farm workforce threatened by Trump's deportation plan
About 42% of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and Trump's plan to deport millions of migrants could uproot the industry's workforce.CBS News - Jan. 25 -
Trump signs executive orders on federal workforce, free speech
President Trump signed multiple executive orders during his inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Monday evening, throwing pens to supporters after a signing ceremony. The signings at a small ...The Hill - Jan. 21 -
Trump plans barrage of Day 1 executive actions on border, energy, federal workforce
President-elect Trump is planning a barrage of executive actions on energy, the border and immigration enforcement on his first day in office, four sources told The Hill. Stephen Miller, incoming ...The Hill - Jan. 19 -
Meta to end programs aimed at diversifying workforce
Meta on Friday told employees that its plans to end a number of internal programs designed to increase the company’s hiring of diverse candidates, the latest dramatic change ahead of ...NBC News - Jan. 10 -
IGM Biosciences to cut 73% of workforce as latest pivot fails to pan out, sending stock down 69%
IGM Biosciences is again cutting staff as it scraps an autoimmune-drug trial after failing to achieve the desired results.MarketWatch - Jan. 10