The Trump administration has taken drastic steps to seize control of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), locking out employees and effectively shutting down the agency. This move has sparked widespread outrage from Democrats, international organizations, and aid workers who fear the consequences for global development and humanitarian efforts.
The fast-moving developments come after thousands of USAID employees already have been laid off and programs shut down in the two weeks since Trump took officewere instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters, and yellow police tape and officers blocked the agency's lobby on Monday, after
“We are going to fight in every way we can, in the courts, in public opinion, with the bully pulpit, in the halls of Congress and here at USAID itself. We are not going to let this injustice happen," Connolly said at a press event, flanked by other House and Senate Democrats in front of USAID's headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
The upheaval follows Trump ordering a freeze on foreign assistance, with widespread effects around the world. The moves by the U.S., the world's largest provider of humanitarian aid, have upended decades of policy that put humanitarian, development and security assistance in the center of efforts to build alliances and counter adversaries including China and Russia.
Musk, who's leading an extraordinary civilian review of the federal government with Trump's agreement, said early Monday that he had spoken with Trump about the six-decade U.S. aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”
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