More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency


A view of the USAID building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration over the weekend put on administrative leave dozens more staff at U.S. Agency for International Development, three sources familiar with the move said, as it moves to abolish the agency's independence and bring it under the control of the State Department.

Nearly 30 career staff in the agency's Legislative and Public Affairs bureau lost access overnight to their emails, the sources said, bringing the total number of senior USAID career staff who have been put on leave over the past week close to 100.

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