A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all USAID staffers who are on foreign assignment.

The U.S. State Department has ordered the shutdown of overseas missions of U.S. Agency for International Development and is working to recall thousands of staff worldwide, two sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday.

USAID, a federal humanitarian agency, has been in turmoil as the Trump administration considers folding it into the State Department

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development

President Donald Trump's overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch with some already having to lay off staff and others facing millions of dollars in unpaid invoices.

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson speaks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the future of USAID and his trips to Panama and El Salvador on 'Special Report.'

During a trip to El Salvador on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters he has been named acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), effectively subsuming the agency into the State Department.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he also has been tapped as acting administrator of the embattled US Agency for International Development, while federal cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk works to “shut it down.