2,000 USAID employees get laid off
2,000 jobs are now being laid off at the US aid agency USAID, according to President Donald Trump's administration. The entire staff, except for a small fraction, is being furloughed.
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So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable
Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine. Projects against malnutrition are being discontinued. The Trump administration's aid massacre has direct and life-threatening consequences. Even though a judge has now paused parts of Trump's directive, millions of lives have been turned upside down in just a few days.
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Judge pauses blow to USA's aid agency
The Trump administration has presented its plan to dismantle the USA's aid agency USAID, the world's largest aid donor. The staff of 8,000 is to be reduced to barely 300, according to media reports. But just hours before the staff was to be laid off, a judge announces that the plans are being put on hold.
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