The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
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 2,000 U.S.-based staff positions.
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The plan, which also involves forcing staffers posted overseas to return home, would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency.
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Some 2,000 employees will also be laid-off in a "reduction in force" effort, according to an email sent to staff.
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President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
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The announcement comes two days after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration may move forward with an effort to slash project funding and staff.
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At the same time the agency is "beginning to implement a Reduction-in-Force" affecting about 2,000 USAID personnel in the U.S., the notice said. The White House did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said initial claims that agency staffers and their families could be in physical danger proved to be “overstated.”
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All U.S. Agency for International Development direct hires deemed non-essential will be placed on administrative leave at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, according to an email sent from the Office of the Administrator and reviewed by CBS News.
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Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
The administration is eliminating 2,000 USAID posts and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave.
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