Live updates: Trump fires USAID inspector general; appeals court rejects DOJ bid to reinstate funding freeze

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Live updates: Trump fires USAID inspector general; appeals court rejects DOJ bid to reinstate funding freeze
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Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah as they arrive for a meeting Tuesday at the West Wing of the White House.at the U.S. Agency for International Development a day after his office released a report critical of the administration's moves to gut USAID.

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“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development is terminated, effective immediately,” Trent Morse, deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, informed Martin in an email obtained by NBC News. “Thank you for your service.

The executive order directs federal agencies to “coordinate and consult” with DOGE to cut jobs and limit hiring, according to a summary provided by the White House. Every agency will be ordered to “undertake plans for large-scale reductions in force” and limit hiring to only “essential positions,” the summary says.A snowstorm in Washington has prompted a bipartisan agreement to postpone the Senate’s confirmation vote on Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence.

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