A career employee at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly been placed on administrative leave after he refused to carry out firings ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Newsweek has reached out to USAID via email outside of normal working hours.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is not, in the scheme of things, a big part of the federal government. It dispersed $43.8 billion in the last fiscal year. That adds up to just 0.7 percent of the $6.

People who are experiencing urgent humanitarian crises, and who rely on aid for food, water and healthcare, could feel U.S. cuts immediately, experts warn.

Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary Rubio has paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.

Donald Trump pledged to create “the greatest sovereign wealth fund of them all.” His advisers think one way to do it is a government agency they bet can help mobilize hundreds of billions from Wall Street.

Documents reveal that USAID was victimized by a password spray attack that resulted in roughly $500,000 in Microsoft service charges.

President Donald Trump made his declaration that the tragic midair crash over Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people late Wednesday was the fault of President Joe Biden’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies before he was even briefed by the chief agency responsible for investigating the tragedy.

At Thursday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the “Malign Influence of the People’s Republic of China at Home and Abroad: Recommendations for Policy Makers,” US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) underscored the importance of US leadership and global engagement in advancing American interests.

Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on foreign assistance.

Police boats have returned to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.

Dozens of career senior civil servants and foreign service officers have been placed on administrative leave and hundreds of contractors were fired or furloughed, sources said.