President Trump is pushing to drastically reduce the size and scope of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), aiming to cut its staff from 10,000 to approximately 290 employees. The plan reportedly involves merging USAID with the State Department and focusing the remaining agency on health and humanitarian assistance. Amidst these developments, false claims about USAID funding have circulated on X (formerly Twitter).
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For USAID personnel stationed abroad, the notice said the agency is working with the State Department on a plan to arrange and pay for their return travel to the United States within 30 days. Contractors whose work is not deemed as essential will be laid off.the New York Times, the notice was published after roughly 1,400 U.S.-based USAID staffers were informed about being put on indefinite administrative leave which will remain in place until they were “otherwise notified.
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