Paul Martin's office put out a report Monday detailing the negative impact of the Trump administration’s push for drastic cuts at the agency.

In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on leave. The note ended with the words, "Thank you for your service."

The Trump administration will present an unforgiving argument for dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development to a federal judge.

USAID Inspector General Paul Martin was told Tuesday he was immediately terminated from his position, CNN reported, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Martin published a report Monday saying the Trump administration’s targeting of USAID’s staff and foreign assistance resources made it harder to respond to allegations of misused humanitarian assistance and hindered USAID’s ability to vet aid recipients for potential terrorist ties.

Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts administered through U.S.A.I.D. were being canceled, three people said.

ANDREW NATSIOS served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development during the George W. Bush administration. He is a Professor at the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University and Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs.

A USAID flag flutters outside, as the USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo (Reuters) - Organizations and companies that contract with USAID,

Demonstrators outside the Capitol on Wednesday in support of U.S. Agency for International Development.Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Job cuts: The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,

The inspector general of the US Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, a day after his office released a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency,

The watchdog of the U.S. Agency for International Development was fired a day after releasing a report that criticized the Trump administration’s decision to freeze foreign aid funding and wipe out the humanitarian agency’s staff.

The White House fired the independent inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday evening, a day after his office issued a blistering report assessing the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to significantly curtail the agency’s mission.