One Thing: The Real-Life Impact of DOGE’s Cuts

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🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Many aid programs around the world have been paralyzed in the wake of the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid. We hear how an Elon Musk-led effort to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is already having ramifications at home and abroad. Guests: Teddy Ruge & Brian Aliganyira Have a tip or question about the new Trump administration? Call us at 202-240-2895. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.3	We told you on Wednesday how federal employees were facing a Thursday deadline to accept a deal from the Trump administration.
0:55.9	Leave your job now and be paid through the end of September. But many people had a lot of questions.
1:01.6	Chief among them? Is this even legal?
1:03.8	Federal workers just got a Hail Mary from this federal judge. He has effectively paused the
1:10.7	Trump administration's buyout offer.
1:13.4	Well, thanks to a lawsuit, that deadline has been pushed until Monday as a federal judge
1:17.8	in Boston chews over the arguments.
1:20.4	According to a White House official, at least 65,000 federal workers have opted into the
1:25.5	program as of Thursday. That's more than 3% of the roughly 2 million employees who were eligible.
1:32.0	But Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge,
1:37.0	want to hit a much higher target.
1:41.7	Our latest reporting is that fewer than 300 employees are expected to be retained at USAID when this is all over, down from like 10,000, 10,000 down to 300.
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