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.

  • @Alteon
    1•4 days ago

    Speaking as an American…we are apparently a country full of uneducated, greedy people.

    Can’t have my taxes to feed people because they might not ‘deserve’ it.

    Can’t have my taxes going to another country to prevent their genocide…because what are we getting out of it?

    Fucking un-empathetic people. Sure, we have problems here, and yeah, we really need to do things to make them better. But fucking destroying our government from the inside and destroying any goodwill we had with other countries…all in the name of saving a bit on taxes is…just insane. Like, I have no words for how dumb it is. It’s appalling.