Forced leaves start for thousands at USAID under a Trump plan to gut the foreign aid agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forced leaves began in Washington and worldwide Friday for most employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, as federal workers associations turned to the courts to try to roll back Trump administration orders that have dismantled most of the agency and U.S.- funded aid programs around the world.
Thousands begin forced leave at USAID under Trump’s plan to gut the agency
A judge was holding a hearing Friday afternoon in the lawsuit from federal workers associations, who argue that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional legislation.
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Elon Musk said he is feeding USAID thorugh the wood chipper. The federal agency provides disaster relief across the world and promotes democracy.
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Monday that President Trump agreed the United States Agency for International Development should be shut down.
Thousands of USAID workers put on forced leave as Trump moves to kill aid agency
Thousands of American USAID workers were put on forced leave Friday as President Trump plows ahead with plans to effectively kill the nation’s main foreign aid agency. Fewer than 300 officials at the venerable agency’s Washington,
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Trump campaigned that Democrats 'abandoned' Catholics. His USAID crusade will decimate the Catholic relief agency
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