Thousands of USAID staff and Foreign Service officers assigned to the agency learned in an internal memo that all positions not required by law would be eliminated in July and September.

The Trump administration on Friday moved to formally dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), despite the unilateral shutdown being deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. Why it matters: The executive branch is now informing Congress that USAID functions will be moved to the State Department or otherwise be terminated if they don't align with President Trump's policies.