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A judge Trump nominated says he will temporarily block the administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave.

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Trump administration plans to slash all but 300 jobs at USAID

There are currently 8,000 direct hires and contractors.

07.02.2025 20

Ellen Knickmeyer

What is USAID and why do Trump and Musk want to shut it?

Then-President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, during the Cold War.

04.02.2025 40

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Elon Musk says President Trump is on board with shuttering USAID: ‘It’s beyond repair’

His comments come after the administration placed two top security chiefs at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in...

03.02.2025 20

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Elon Musk’s DOGE gets access to classified USAID info after security chiefs tried to block move and then were put on leave, officials say

Musk's DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the USAID security officials were legally obligated to deny...

03.02.2025 60

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Biden administration manages to temporarily block plea deal that would avoid death sentence for accused 9/11 mastermind

It stalls an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.

10.01.2025 10

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A new lawsuit backed by crafters of the 1997 Leahy law says the federal government is carving out loopholes for Israel despite ‘reasonable’ evidence it violated international law

The law bars U.S. military assistance to foreign military units when there is credible evidence of gross human rights abuses.

17.12.2024 1

Ellen Knickmeyer

U.S. courts are growing more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses, rulings signal

A U.S. court has ordered two close associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to begin submitting evidence by early November in a lawsuit...

15.10.2024 10

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Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed agrees to plead guilty to al-Qaida attack

The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States and much of the...

01.08.2024 1

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A judge Trump nominated says he will temporarily block the administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave

Ellen Knickmeyer

Trump administration plans to slash all but 300 jobs at USAID

Ellen Knickmeyer

What is USAID and why do Trump and Musk want to shut it?

Ellen Knickmeyer

Elon Musk says President Trump is on board with shuttering USAID: ‘It’s beyond repair’

Ellen Knickmeyer

Elon Musk’s DOGE gets access to classified USAID info after security chiefs tried to block move and then were put on leave, officials say

Ellen Knickmeyer

Biden administration manages to temporarily block plea deal that would avoid death sentence for accused 9/11 mastermind

Ellen Knickmeyer

A new lawsuit backed by crafters of the 1997 Leahy law says the federal government is carving out loopholes for Israel despite ‘reasonable’ evidence it violated international law

Ellen Knickmeyer

U.S. courts are growing more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses, rulings signal

Ellen Knickmeyer

Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed agrees to plead guilty to al-Qaida attack

Ellen Knickmeyer