US plans worldwide job cuts in USAID
Two current USAID employees and one former senior USAID official told The Associated Press of the administration's plan, presented to remaining senior officials of the agency on Thursday.
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President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON, 7 FEB
The Trump administration presented a plan on Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for US aid projects as part of its dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands.
On Thursday, federal workers’ associations filed a suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in Congressional legislation.
Two current USAID employees and one former senior USAID official told The Associated Press of the administration's plan, presented to remaining senior officials of the agency on Thursday.
The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000. They, along with an unknown number out of 5,000 locally hired international staffers abroad, would run the few life-saving programs that the administration says it intends to keep going for the time being.
It was not immediately clear whether the reduction to 300 would be permanent or temporary, potentially allowing more workers to return after what the Trump administration says is a review of which aid and development programs it wants to resume.
The administration earlier this week gave almost all USAID staffers posted overseas 30 days, starting Friday, to return to the US, with the government paying for their travel and moving costs. Workers who choose to stay longer might have to cover their own expenses.
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