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USAID cuts felt far outside Washington, D.C.: "Layoff trauma hit across the country"
Close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — lost their jobs ...
Major changes await as Trump administration plans bold move to restructure State department
The Trump administration is undertaking a reorganization of the State Department. This move aims to eliminate redundant ...
Remaining USAID staff fired, Trump says Myanmar will still get earthquake aid
A U.S. appeals court ruled that Musk and DOGE can keep making cuts to USAID while they appeal a lower court order that had ...
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USAID foreign officers to be repatriated, local staff fired by Aug. 15
The agency's foreign service officers have been ordered to return to the U.S. by Aug. 15. That's the same day all local hires ...
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Meet the grad students who lost prestigious career paths to DOGE cuts: 'This is something I've been working toward for years'
Kyla Denwood and Lindsey O'Neal were part of a prestigious foreign service fellowship until DOGE cut USAID. The White House said a USAID foreign service fellowship wasn't in the national interest.
Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department
The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up of the State Department targets human rights programs and others focused on war ...
Trump administration takes steps to formally shutter USAID
The agency notified Congress of its plan to discontinue any USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration priorities.
Rubio makes Republicans' biggest dream come true — but kills America's soft power in the process
Bush donned a flight suit and gave his premature "Mission Accomplished" speech on an aircraft carrier, Republicans were ...
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Rubio unveils sweeping State Department overhaul, taking aim at human rights bureaus
Rubio said the State Department's bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor was being axed after pushing for an arms ...
Thousands of USAID terminations to take effect by September in agency's final leg of 'drawdown'
Roughly 4,600 USAID employees will officially be terminated by September of this year as the agency restructures to fall in line with President Trump's "America First" policies.