State Department formally notifies Congress it is effectively dissolving USAID
- The Trump administration is terminating nearly all 900 employees of the United States Agency for International Development in a final reduction-in-force, according to two senior USAID officials who requested anonymity due to authorization issues.
- Jeremy Lewin stated that departing staff would not be on administrative leave but allowed to choose one of two options for their next steps, with overseas staff offered compensated return travel.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration is 'reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens,' citing USAID's straying from its original mission.
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