Archive · 11 Jun 2025
Rubio Orders USAID Staff Firings, Overrides Trump Order?
The US government is continuing with a plan to change how it gives aid to other countries.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered US embassies around the world to fire all remaining staffers with the US Agency for International Development.
The State Department will take over USAID's foreign assistance programs by September 30.
This decision is taking place despite a federal judge temporarily blocking a similar order.
The Trump administration says the plan was already in progress.
The termination of all remaining USAID staffers abroad is one of the last steps in the elimination of the US aid agency.
Marco Rubio ordered the firings of all USAID staffers overseas.
The State Department will take over foreign assistance programs.
The plan is to be completed by September 30.
The plan may violate an existing court injunction.
The State Department says the order was expected.
- Who
- Marco Rubio
- What
- Abolishing all USAID overseas positions
- When
- By September 30
- Where
- Overseas at US Embassies
- Why
- To restructure foreign aid programs
Plaintiffs
State Department
Legal Standing
Plaintiffs
Violation of Court Injunction
State Department
No violation, plan was already underway
- Ordered By
- Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State
- What
- Elimination of all USAID overseas positions
- When
- By September 30
- Who
- USAID staffers and contractors
- Where
- US embassies around the world
