AP Alert Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Feb 21, 2025 Feb 21, 2025 Updated Aug 27, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — A federal judge cleared the way Friday for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job.kAm&]$] s:DEC:4E yF586 r2C= }:49@=D C6>@G65 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^FD2:5\7@C6:8?\2:5\ECF>A\CF3:@\cg7gce_g_c5bb3522`g5ffed4c3ac7h6Qm9:D E6>A@C2CJ 3=@4<k^2m @? 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