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Donald Trump’s administration plans to retain fewer than 300 USAID staff

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      Not a single one of defendants’ actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization. And pursuant to federal statute, Congress is the only entity that may lawfully dismantle the agency,
      NBC News
      the lawsuit states
    • 88:88
      Marco Rubio
      We’re not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives,
      NBC News
      Rubio told reporters in Santo Domingo on Thursday during a joint media availability with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader
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      Marco Rubio
      We didn’t list them all, but we’re willing to listen to those.”
      NBC News
      Rubio
    • 88:88
      J. Brian Atwood
      A lot of people will not survive,
      Japan Today
      said Atwood, now a senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute
    • 88:88
      Jeff Zeleny
      Not when it comes to fraud. If there’s fraud, these people are lunatics,
      CNN
      Trump said when asked by CNN’s Jeff Zeleny about his capacity to exact major changes to USAID
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      The dismantling of USAID including its Foreign Service members has thrown dedicated public servants—and their families—into chaos and uncertainty,
      CNN
      AFSA President Tom Yazdgerdi said in a statement Thursday
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      President Trump’s actions to dissolve USAID exceed presidential authority and usurp legislative authority conferred upon Congress by the Constitution, in violation of the separation of powers,
      CNN
      the lawsuit states
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      These actions have generated a global humanitarian crisis by abruptly halting the crucial work of USAID employees, grantees, and contractors. They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests,
      CNN
      attorneys for the groups wrote in the lawsuit
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      The consequences of this disruption go far beyond individual careers—it weakens U.S. leadership and undermines global stability worldwide. AFSA will continue to defend its members and pursue all options to protect this essential workforce,
      CNN
      he said
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      Every (diplomatic) mission has a certain amount of budget that they get from headquarters to spend on these things, and since this was unplanned, no one’s clear on where the money is actually going to come from and how it’s going to be paid for,
      CNN
      he explained
    • 88:88
      My scary panic button appears to be working, but I have not yet confirmed with security — the app is tied to my USAID email which is deactivated,
      CNN
      they told CNN, noting they have heard from colleagues in other hotspots
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      With my contracting arrangement, I’m responsible for paying my hotel bill (at a hotel I am obliged to stay at) and expenses and seeking reimbursement and per diem thereafter — due to the uncertainty around my contract status, I am unsure if and how I will be able to seek reimbursement,
      CNN
      the USAID official in a dangerous location said
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      I cannot say for sure whether they [the embassy] are responsible for my safety and evacuation, if needed,
      CNN
      a USAID contractor posted in a dangerous location echoed
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      It’s beyond surreal. It feels like a cruel joke,
      CNN
      said another USAID official posted in a sensitive location
    • 88:88
      It is a shameful, vile, unprecedented way to treat public servants, whose safety is at stake following vicious, defamatory Musk statements,
      CNN
      one USAID official said
    • 88:88
      We are all emotionally distraught,
      CNN
      one USAID diplomat posted overseas told CNN
    • 88:88
      We’re talking at least $20 million, if not more, to get all those folks back here to America,
      CNN
      he said
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      There’s been no explanation as to how to make this happen,
      CNN
      he said
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      But it is going to be foreign aid that makes sense and is aligned with our national interest,
      Newsmax
      he told reporters
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      Congress needs to stand up and defend USAid. Conservatives have told us that they care about these issues for years,
      Guardian
      Nicovich said