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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has notified Congress that he's bringing what's left of the U.S. Agency for International Development under the State Department.

NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the Trump administration has also

notified USAID staff that most jobs will be eliminated. Secretary Rubio says he believes the

country's lead aid agency strayed from its mission, and he says, in his words, this misguided and

fiscally irresponsible era is now over. Hundreds of USAID employees are

being laid off. Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says with every big change, there will be disruptions.

From Secretary Rubio down, we are committed to ensuring that USAID personnel remain safe and that the

agency's ongoing life-saving aid programs remain both intact

and operational. She would not say how much it will cost to repatriate USAID employees now

serving around the world or say whether local staff at embassies would be fired. Michelle

Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. A federal judge in Boston has blocked

the Trump administration from quickly deporting migrants to a third country other than the one

they have a relationship with. NPR Serio Martinez Beltron has more. The nationwide temporary

restraining order was issued by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy.

His order blocks the Trump administration from immediately removing any migrant to a country

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