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Court asked to intervene after email tells USAID workers to destroy classified documents
FILE - Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — A union for U.S. Agency ...
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In the wake of USAID’s gutting, the agency gets controversial new leaders
USAID still exists, though it’s a shell of its former self. The agency is getting new leadership, though the team doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. By Steve Benen After the quasi ...
The Harvard Crimson20d
Federal Judge and Harvard Overseer Theodore Chuang Finds Trump’s USAID Purge Was Likely Unconstitutional
In a 68-page opinion issued on Tuesday, Chuang — an Obama appointee — ordered the White House to restore former USAID employees’ access to government email, security systems, and payment ...
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USAID Leadership Shifts as DOGE Official Takes Prominent Role
A senior official from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is assuming a top leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), granting DOGE direct ...
The Verge20d
DOGE stranded USAID workers with laptops full of sensitive data
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs ...
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Top Trump official tasked with dismantling USAID is out
The USAID logo is seen on a machine that processes recycled plastic into construction blocks at the Pasig Eco Hub, a project impacted by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid ...
Devex21d
After decades of progress, USAID cuts could blind the world to famine
The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID threatens the international system for forecasting and tracking extreme hunger. That could lead to deadlier famines. For decades, the U.S. Agency ...
Fast Company21d
DOGE official appointed to leadership role at USAID after helping dismantle the agency
Pete Marocco, a Trump administration political appointee who was serving as deputy head of USAID, disclosed the change in the email to State Department staff. It comes after Marocco and DOGE ...
SFGate21d
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave, though it stops short of reversing firings ...
Los Angeles Times21d
Judge rules Trump’s USAID dismantling probably violates the Constitution
The order requires the administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave, though it appears to stop short of reversing ...
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Judge orders reinstatement of USAID functions, says DOGE effort to shutter agency likely unconstitutional
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were likely unconstitutional, and has ordered it ...