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

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[NHK] The Trump administration in the United States has cut 1,600 domestic staff members at USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, which oversees foreign aid, and has also cut the number of staff members in the United States worldwide.

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Most USAID workers to be fired or placed on leave

Most employees at USAID will be placed on leave or fired by midnight on Sunday, the aid agency said, as President Donald Trump's administration plows ahead in slashing government spending.Around 1,600 workers based in the United States will be laid off in a "reduction-in-force" effort, according to ...

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Trump administration putting thousands of USAID staffers on leave and cutting U.S. jobs

The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave worldwide and eliminating at least 1,600 U.S.-based jobs. The move was the latest and one of the biggest steps yet toward what President Donald Trump and…

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2K USAID Staffers Fired

The Trump administration said Sunday it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the US Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave. It comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers...

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Streamlining USAID will help fix our fiscal mess

The opening month of the second Trump administration has been marked by incredible speed and progress, especially toward its goal of scaling back the bloat of the federal government. The pace has left an out-of-power Democratic Party reeling. Rather than…

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US President Trump comes one step closer to his goal: The US Development Agency announced that it would release most of its US employees. A judge had suspended the exemptions at first, but then confirmed them.