Rubio foreign aid freeze leads to USAID staff suspensions and contractor terminations
Approximately 60 senior staff within USAID have been suspended, leaving the agency without clear leadership, five sources ...
USAID labor director pushed out after fighting back against removal of career leadership
Dozens of career senior civil servants and foreign service officers have been placed on administrative leave and hundreds of ...
Hundreds of USAID internal contractors put on leave, terminated amid US freeze on global aid
By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of internal contractors working for the ...
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Scoop: USAID issues guidance on operating expenses exempt from freeze
Jason Gray, the agency's acting administrator, told staff that operating units may fund “on a temporary basis, salaries, ...
US aid agency is in upheaval during foreign assistance freeze and staff departures
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on ...
Purge at USAID stifles dissent over aid freeze, officials say
A purge of senior staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development appeared designed to silence any dissent over ...
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What the aid funding freeze means for climate change
The Trump administration’s funding freeze on USAID sent shockwaves through the climate and development sector, triggering layoffs and long-term uncertainty.
Marco Rubio Defends Aid Freeze: 'The US Government Is Not a Charity'
The Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of U.S. humanitarian aid has thrown U.S. Agency for International Development, into turmoil.
VOA Kurdish: USAID freeze impacts civil society organizations in Syria
The suspension of the USAID program in northern and eastern Syria has affected local institutions and organizations in the ...