In January, President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid to conduct a comprehensive review to ensure that all the projects funded with US taxpayer money were aligned with his “America First” policy. The order and subsequent stop work orders threw USAID into chaos, halting the agency’s operations around the world, putting the delivery of life-saving food and medical aid at risk, and upsetting global humanitarian relief efforts. On Thursday, US Agency for International Development employees were permitted to briefly return to the agency’s headquarters in Washington to gather their personal belongings and tidy their desks.
USAID workers say goodbye to headquarters as Trump drastically cuts foreign aid
Thousands of staff were put on leave, contractors were terminated, and workers were barred from the agency's D.C. headquarters.
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