Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who've 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.

Summary

The Trump administration has dismantled USAID, placing 4,080 staffers on leave and firing 1,600 more, eliminating over 90% of the agency’s foreign aid contracts totaling $60 billion.

Affected employees were given just 15 minutes to clear their workspaces under strict security.

This action, led by Trump and Elon Musk, proceeded without congressional authorization, though a Congressional Research Service report states such approval is required.

Legal challenges continue, with the Supreme Court temporarily blocking a federal judge’s order to release frozen funds.

  • @Zexks
    20•1 day ago

    I’m sure another strongly worded letter from a judges bench will surely resolve this.

    • @NightwingdragonEnglish
      5•1 day ago

      Maybe this time they’ll use the word ORDERED in all caps to show how super serious they are.

      I mean, they’re clearly not serious enough to actually threaten consequences for non-compliance. No need to get crazy here or anything. They’ll just use all caps. And then in the next one, they’ll use super-duper-serious wording like “Or else.”

    • @Maggoty
      1•1 day ago

      Don’t worry the Supreme Court already stepped in… To protect Trump.

      Specifically they accepted the administration’s argument that a Wednesday deadline is too early to allow an “orderly review” and Friday is a much better day.

      I’m not sure what Roberts thinks an orderly review looks like but I’d hate to be in the blast radius when he does spring cleaning.