TMI BlogUSAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essentialX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home and targets the aid agency's six-d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ecade mission overseas. Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance after taki ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng office. Elon Musk's budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency had taken USAID's website offline over the weekend as it steadily dismantled the agency, which has been a special target of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Musk, Trump and Republicans in the first two-and-a-half weeks of Trump's second term. The website came back online Tuesday night, with the notice of recall or termination for global staffers its sole ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... post. The move had been rumoured for several days and was the most extreme of several proposals considered for consolidating the agency into the State Department. Other options had included closures ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of smaller USAID missions and partial closures of larger ones. The decision to withdraw direct-hire staff and their families earlier than their planned departures will likely cost the government tens ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of millions of dollars in travel and relocation costs. (AP) AMS X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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