USDA's Gary Washington and USAID's Jason Gray have been asked to fill vacant leadership roles at their agencies in an acting capacity.

The tech leaders at USDA and USAID will head their agencies in an acting capacity until the Senate confirms Trump’s nominees for the permanent roles.

A message to USAID staff, obtained by NPR, says it will analyze "actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the President's Executive Order" freezing most foreign aid.

Current and former officials at the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) say staffers were invited to submit requests to exempt certain programmes from the foreign aid freeze, which President Donald Trump imposed on January 20 and the State Department detailed how to execute on January 24.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid to countries overseas, with dozens of senior officials put on leave, thousands of contractors laid off, and a sweeping freeze imposed on billions of dollars in foreign assistance.

A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign aid upends humanitarian work around the world.

Many of the frozen programs are aimed at alleviating disease and malnutrition, but even security programs with U.S. funding are shutting down.

The news affects roughly 60 senior USAID employees or nearly every staffer who holds a top position at the agency.

An email on Monday to U.S.A.I.D. staff from the agency’s acting administrator, Jason Gray ... Senior officials at the United States Agency for International Development have been placed on ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development ... Jason Gray said in the memo, reviewed ...

Mark Schiefelbein/AP In a memo sent to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID ... acting USAID administrator Jason Gray accused the agency of skirting Trump's executive orders but ...