35 h. ago As Trump administration dismantles USAID, staffers get just 15 minutes to clear desks

Many workers say the move is insulting

Politics

38 h. ago USAID staffers given 15 minutes to clear desks as Trump administration dismantles agency

Many workers say the move is insulting

Politics

40 h. ago USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled

Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces

Politics

7 d. ago Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge

Court orders have had only limited effect in the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development

Politics

8 d. ago Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn

As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.“It’s a real mistake not to be doing everything we can to control this while we’re still able to,” said Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University focusing on risk assessment of infectious diseases. “Taking huge steps backwards is only going to make everything worse.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

The Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is hurting a variety of U.S. companies, nonprofits and farms

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