Senior USAID staffers placed on leave after alleged failure to obey executive orders

Published January 28, 2025 10:14am ET



The Trump administration is clearing out the ranks of government agencies accused of ignoring the instructions laid out by President Donald Trump in a slew of executive orders.

On Monday evening, a number of senior career staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development were placed on immediate administrative leave after the Trump administration said they failed to comply with an executive order halting foreign aid. 

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