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USAID staff told to shred, burn documents

USAID staff instructed to clear out classified safes and shred or burn documents

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email reads.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents

An organization representing foreign service workers said it was "alarmed" by the directive because there could be documents "relevant to ongoing litigation."

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

USAID workers told to shred, burn documents, unnerving Congress

The directive to destroy USAID documents raised questions about how sensitive records are being handled amid the Trump administration’s drive to cut foreign aid.

Johns Hopkins University, USAID

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 2h

Johns Hopkins Slashes More Than 2,000 Jobs Due to USAID Cuts

The cuts at the university’s global health affiliate, medical school and public-health school follow loss of $800 million in USAID grants.

CNN · 12m

Johns Hopkins laying off more than 2,000 workers after dramatic cut in USAID funding

Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be cutting more than 2,000 jobs after it lost $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International Development amid the Trump administration’s effort to significantly downsize the federal government.

USA TODAY on MSN · 29m

Johns Hopkins University slashes 2,200 jobs as Trump cuts to research, USAID take hold

Trump administration officials say budget cuts are necessary to reduce federal spending, but experts warn of long-term implications for our health.

USAID, Trump and Congress

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding probably violated Constitution, judge says

The Trump administration probably violated separation of powers by withholding nearly $2 billion in Congress-approved foreign aid funds, a U.S. district judge ruled.

Face2FaceAfrica on MSN · 1d

Judge rules Trump exceeded constitutional authority by freezing USAID funding approved by Congress

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his constitutional authority by freezing nearly all U.S. humanitarian and development aid abroad. The ruling forces the administration to release tens of billions in congressionally approved funds but stops short of reinstating thousands of canceled aid contracts.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat · 2d

President Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says

A federal judge says President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian and development work abroad.

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A USAID official escaped violence in Congo. He returned home to a different crisis

USAID staffer Kenneth Bledsoe and his family had to be evacuated to safety from the Congo -- only to return home to find Elon ...

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Unions retract motion to block USAID document shredding after Trump administration assurances

Government worker unions on Thursday dropped their motion to block the U.S. Agency for International Development from ...

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Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the U.S. Agency ...

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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions ...

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Rubio says 83% of USAID programs to be scrapped after initial plan to cut $58B in contracts, grants

The secretary of state announced Monday that 5,200 USAID contracts “spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not ...

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Rubio says Trump administration canceling 83% of programs at USAID and intends to move remaining ones to State Department

The Trump administration is canceling 83% of programs at the US Agency for International Development and intends to fold the ...

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Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, ...

Anchorage Daily News1dOpinion

Opinion: A group of Alaskans knows that defunding USAID will worsen starvation in South Sudan

If this executive order survives court challenges, it will result in children and vulnerable people around the world dying of ...

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