The fast-moving developments come after thousands of USAID employees already have been laid off and programs shut down in the two weeks since President Donald Trump took office. At a stop in El Salvador, Rubio told reporters that USAID was an uncooperative and opaque agency that had failed to answer questions about its funding or operate in line with the Trump administration's policy agenda.
The upheaval follows Trump ordering a freeze on foreign assistance, with widespread effects around the world. The moves by the U. Staffers said employees earlier Monday had been able to reach other parts of the agency to clear personal belongings from their offices.
Musk, who's leading an extraordinary civilian review of the federal government with Trump's agreement, said early Monday that he had spoken with Trump about the six-decade U. Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U. USAID, meanwhile, has been one of the federal agencies most targeted by the Trump administration in an escalating crackdown on the federal government and many of its programs. Bush credited with saving more than 20 million lives in Africa and elsewhere.
Aid contractors spoke of millions of dollars in medication and other goods now stuck in port that they were forbidden to deliver. Other programs that would shut down provided education to schoolgirls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and monitored an Ebola outbreak spreading in Uganda. A USAID-supported crisis monitoring program, which was credited for helping prevent repeats of the s famine in Uganda that killed up to 1. Gomez Licon reported from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. AP reporter Farnoush Amiri contributed from Washington.
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