State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

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Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave
Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a "very limited" temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.CNBC - Feb. 7 -
Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now
A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.CBS News - Feb. 7 -
Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave
The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aidFinancial Times - Feb. 8 -
Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
A last-minute lawsuit means Trump's efforts to dismantle the overseas aid agency have been put on hold.BBC News - Feb. 8 -
Federal judge extends block on Trump putting USAID workers on leave
A federal judge on Thursday extended a temporary block on the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on leave while he weighs ...The Hill - 5d -
Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees
A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.NBC News - Feb. 7 -
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.ABC News - Feb. 8 -
Merging USAID into the State Department is a good idea being carried out badly
Placing the administration of development aid within a country’s foreign ministry is not some strange, grasping display of control freakery.The Hill - 4d -
US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and ...ABC News - Feb. 11
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