- The Trump administration announced the elimination of 2,000 positions at USAID and placed most remaining staff on administrative leave.
- A federal judge allowed the administration to proceed with the job cuts, rejecting pleas from employees to block the plan.
- Notices sent to USAID workers indicated that only personnel responsible for mission-critical functions would remain active.
- The move is part of a broader effort to scale back USAID operations, criticized by Trump and Elon Musk as wasteful.
- Hundreds of USAID contractors also received anonymous termination letters, complicating their ability to claim unemployment benefits.
Source: Boston Herald, Times Now News, Cnn, The Times Of India, South China Morning Post, Global News, The Hindu, Clickondetroit
