Trump administration targets dozens of senior USAID staff after aid freeze

The administration on Saturday urged USAID staff to help transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump’s ‘America First’ policy and threatened ‘disciplinary action’ for any staff ignoring its orders.

The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on US aid worldwide.