By Bob Hoge – RedState
If you thought it would be a quiet Sunday and the president would be lounging on the beach like his predecessor did almost every weekend, you’d be mistaken—because this is the Trump administration we’re dealing with, and they never seem to sleep.
Now Trump has brought down the hammer:
The Trump administration continued its bloodbath gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 2,000 workers and placing all but a fraction of other staffers on leave.
It comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of domestic USAID staffers off the job and around the world.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected pleas that came in a lawsuit from employees to keep temporarily blocking the government´s plan.
‘As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and/or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave globally,’ according to the notices sent to USAID workers and viewed by The Associated Press.
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