U.S.A.I.D. Appointees Fire Hundreds Working on Urgent Humanitarian Aid
The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as he has said he does.
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Judge Says Trump Plan to Put USAID Workers on Leave Can Proceed
The plan, which also involves forcing staffers posted overseas to return home, would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency.
Trump Team Finds Loophole to Defy Spirit of Court Orders Blocking Spending Freezes
Officials cite other legal authorities — not Mr. Trump’s court-blocked directives — to keep withholding foreign aid and domestic grant money.
Pete Marocco Returns to Battle in Trump’s War on Foreign Aid
A meeting between a Hungarian official and Pete Marocco, the top Trump appointee in charge of foreign aid, signals a new future.