Most employees of the US Agency for International Development will be placed on administrative leave starting Friday.
People in “mission critical” and “core leadership” roles will be exempted, according to a statement posted on USAID’s website on Tuesday. Staff members stationed overseas must return within 30 days, with exceptions to be considered on a “case by case” basis, it said.
The beleaguered agency has become a battleground in the campaign by President
Demonstrators outside the US Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC on Feb. 3.
Photographer: Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg
Last weekend, Musk singled out USAID repeatedly on X, the social media platform he owns, and Trump ...