{"id":11405,"date":"2025-06-11T14:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11405"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:10:30","slug":"rubio-orders-firings-of-all-usaid-staffers-overseas-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11405","title":{"rendered":"Rubio orders firings of all USAID staffers overseas to move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered U.S. embassies around the world Tuesday to move ahead with a directive to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He said the State Department will take over USAID\u2019s foreign assistance programs by Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545-1024x710.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545-1536x1066.png 1536w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250611140545.png 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge had temporarily blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump for mass firings at multiple federal agencies, including the State Department, and plaintiffs say Rubio\u2019s reorganization plan appears to violate that court injunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration says the plan was already underway when the president issued the order, so there\u2019s no possible violation. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has yet to make a determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Tuesday that Rubio\u2019s directive \u201cwasn\u2019t a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo this was a cable, telling our posts exactly what they were expecting to be told, which is that those positions were being eliminated. So it wasn\u2019t a surprise. It\u2019s nothing new,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd, it is exactly what we previewed, in February and March of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio told embassies to stick to the department\u2019s plan \u201cto abolish all USAID overseas positions\u201d by Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The termination of all remaining USAID staffers abroad is one of the last steps in the destruction of the U.S. aid agency and the firing of its more than 10,000 staffers and contractors by the Trump administration and Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. 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