At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency have been placed on leave amid a probe into an alleged effort to thwart President Trump's orders, reports say.

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

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 suspension affects humanitarian programs, counterterrorism efforts and weapons financing.

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue

U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign aid worldwide.

President Donald Trump said his administration blocked $50 million for condoms to be sent to Gaza through its pause on foreign aid. But it has provided no evidence that $50 million was ever directed toward condoms for Gaza.

The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits in with the president's "America First" policy. Aid groups and human rights watchdogs warn that the freeze will put countless lives around the world at risk.

“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So, that’s what this pause is focused on, being good stewards of tax dollars.”

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Trump administration urged U.S. Agency for International Development ... of dollars of life-saving aid. The United States is the largest single donor of aid ...