USAID Worker Sues Trump

Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
USAID workers based in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell a harrowing story of how Trump’s attack on the agency complicated an escape.
Foreign service worker sues Trump after pregnant wife faces 'life-threatening' complications amid USAID shutdown
A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging its “rushed, haphazard and cruel” push to shut down the agency has placed the mother and unborn daughter at grave risk.
USAID worker sues Trump administration over wife's pregnancy scare abroad
A U.S. foreign service officer blamed the Trump administration's "cruel and harmful shutdown" of USAID for threatening the lives of his pregnant wife and unborn child.
Judge allows Trump administration to resume placing USAID workers on leave
USAID may resume placing employees on administrative leave as Elon Musk and DOGE try to eliminate the agency entirely.
USAID Worker Sues Trump After 'Pregnant Wife is Denied Medevac'
The worker said that he now faces "Sophie's choice," as his wife is unable leave hospital, while the neonatal care in the country he is posted in is "limited."
'Collateral damage': Federal worker says Trump's 'cruel' cuts endangered pregnant wife
A foreign service worker accused the Trump administration of putting his pregnant wife and unborn child's lives at risk with the president's “rushed, haphazard and cruel” actions to shut down operations at the U.
USAID Worker Sues 'Cruel' Trump Administration for Stranding Pregnant Wife Overseas During 'Life-Threatening Emergency'
A foreign service officer's wife remains hospitalized overseas against the advice of embassy doctors after the State Department reportedly told them that there were no USAID funds for a medivac
USAID refuses to Medevac employee's pregnant wife with 'life-threatening condition': lawsuit
In a damning affidavit filled with harrowing details, a USAID career foreign service officer alleges that the Trump administration’s “rushed, haphazard, and cruel” effort to shut down the agency has placed their pregnant wife and unborn child in grave danger.
Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job
Federal judge removes his temporary block on the Trump administration's effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID ...
USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ...
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Judge Clears Path for USAID Overhaul Amid Controversy
A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans to reduce USAID staff, citing cost-cutting ...
USAID firings block lapses
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International ...
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Beyer highlights USAID chaos in Congo: ‘Astounding display of incompetence and apathy’
A USAID worker deployed to Congo described a chaotic scene as he was leaving the country in a rush following the abrupt Trump ...
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Meanwhile, other affidavits from USAID staffers until recently based in Congo describe the gutting of their agency by President Donald Trump and Musk, which they said left them abandoned and in ...
Judge adds one-week pause on Trump plan to put 2,100 USAID workers on leave
Two unions representing USAID employees sued the Trump administration, saying the funding halt not only upended overseas aid ...
Seven African countries to be hit hardest by Trump's USAID cuts
The Trump administration's cuts to USAID could trigger "a potentially massive economic shock," researchers said.
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Civilians in Congo Suffer as Elites at Home and Abroad Jockey for Profits
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.