Trump administration guts USAID humanitarian office, despite pledge to save its work

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  Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce

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  The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

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  This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways

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