Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are being placed on administrative leave with pay “until further notice,” according to letters reviewed by The Hill. Employees must be available by phone and email during business hours,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.

WASHINGTON − About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, have been notified that they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency.