The Trump administration is clearing out the ranks of government agencies accused of ignoring the instructions laid out by President Donald Trump in a slew of executive orders. On Monday evening, a number of senior career staffers at the U.

On Monday, top officials at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were put on leave for allegedly not abiding by President Trump's executive order to freeze much of U.S. foreign aid.

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.