The Trump administration is moving to strip a slimmed-down U.S. Agency for International Development of its independence and put it under State Department control, two sources familiar with the discussions said on Friday,

On Monday, top officials at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were put on leave for allegedly not abiding by President Trump's executive order to freeze much of U.S. foreign aid.

The Trump administration is clearing out the ranks of government agencies accused of ignoring the instructions laid out by President Donald Trump in a slew of executive orders. On Monday evening, a number of senior career staffers at the U.

In an email seen exclusively by Devex, the agency's acting administrator said the move was a result of "actions within USAID that appear[ed] to be designed to circumvent" Trump's recent executive orders.

The move, detailed in emails obtained by The Post, comes as the Trump administration seeks to radically reorient the U.S. relationship with foreign assistance.

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

At least 56 senior USAID officials have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into resistance to President Donald Trump's order to pause all U.S. foreign aid.

At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency were placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s agenda.

By Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers,