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USAID watchdog fired after critical report on the bid to dismantle the agency

USAID watchdog fired after critical report on the bid to dismantle the agency

The inspector general's office on Monday released a report that said the Trump administration's move to dismantle USAID has crippled its ability to conduct oversight of unspent aid worth ...

A worker looks out of the window of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID, in Washington, US, 3 February 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Watchdog warns Trump's gutting of USAID leaves $8.2b unspent aid with no oversight

Protesters at the USAID building, Washington, DC, February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Trump's aid freeze sparks mayhem around the world

Protesters gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, after it was shut down. Photo: Bloomberg

Musk’s USAID shutdown is an attack on the world’s most vulnerable

Ukrainian rescuers appear next to new equipment, which was provide by United States Agency for International Development, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 17 July 2023. Photo: REUTERS

US judge to pause plan to put USAID workers on leave

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, February 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. File Photo: AP via UNB

USAID contractors fire staff, face cash crunch as Trump causes chaos in aid world

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka arrives at the Great Hall of the People for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, August 20, 2024. Photo: ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after US aid frozen

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 31 January 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Hundreds of US government websites go offline

People hold placards outside the USAID building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID, in Washington, US, February 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Elon Musk targets closure of US humanitarian aid agency

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Musk says he is working to shut down 'beyond repair' USAID

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

More USAID staff ousted after Trump administration dismantles aid agency

US President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024. Photo: Brandon Bell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

'Criminal organisation, run by radical lunatics': Musk, Trump on USAID