The Trump administration is terminating nearly all of the remaining 900 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, in a final reduction in force.

Roughly 4,600 USAID employees will officially be terminated by September of this year as the agency restructures to fall in line with President Trump's "America First" policies.

Each year on April 18, the anniversary of the 1983 bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut that took the lives of her father and 62 others, a persistent sense of loss awakens in Cathy.

In Georgia, for example, USAID funded 18 organizations that ran 79 programs, and 44 of those programs were shuttered, leading to layoffs and an estimated loss of $257.9 million.

The State Department plans to 'retire' U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as an independent agency. President Trump appointed Marco Rubio administrator of the organization in February.

The canceled USAID contracts represent about 45% of the total number of itemized contracts on DOGE's website, and 57% of the $21.6 billion it claims to have saved from terminated contracts.

Roderick Watson, of Maryland, is alleged to have received bribes valued in excess of $1 million while working at USAID, in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money.

USAID — the agency that oversaw the distribution of foreign aid — was among the first to face drastic personnel cuts by DOGE. On Feb. 2, Musk posted on X that "USAID is a criminal organization.

Most fired USAID workers were officially taken off the payroll this week. One employee grapples with the abrupt loss of a 17-year career – and tries to figure out what’s next.

After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID, and pushback from its allies, where are we today? Well, a lot of vituperation has built up in the system, with astonishingly little serious ...

USAID in February said it was terminating MANA's existing contracts, which accounted for about 90 percent of MANA's $100 million annual budget. DOGE sent a letter to the non-profit saying its work ...

A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID).