The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning Monday at midnight, according to a notice reviewed by The Hill.

At the same time, 2,000 staff are expected to be cut from the agency in the U.S., part of a “Reduction-in-Force,” reads the notice delivered from the Office of the Administrator. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the acting USAID administrator, but no name is on the order.

The notice comes following a federal judge on Friday refusing to renew a temporary block against the Trump administration and its intent to fire or place on “administrative leave” thousands of employees.

Following the order, hundreds of employees contracted to work with........

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