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USAID workers clear out belongings after mournful final visit to agency under federal guard

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67% Informative

USAID has been one of the biggest targets of a broad campaign by the Trump administration to slash the size of the federal government.

Some staffers wept as they carried out grocery bags and suitcases with what was left from their life’s work.

Supporters clapped and cheered outside or drove by tapping their car horns to bolster their spirits.

Many USAID workers saw the administration’s terms for retrieving their belongings as insulting.

Each worker is being given just 15 minutes at their former workstation.

A federal judge gave the Trump administration a deadline of this week to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly called the attack on USAID employees “unwarranted and unprecedented”.

VR Score

74

Informative language

75

Neutral language

65

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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