Media reported on court blocking Trump's plan to recall USAID employees

A court in the United States has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump 's decision to recall employees of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from positions around the world and put them on administrative leave. This was reported on February 7 by the American edition of The Hill, citing sources.

It is noted that the court decision prohibits the U.S. authorities to send about 2.2 thousand employees of USAID on administrative leave and remove them from the countries where they work until February 14 inclusive.

"All USAID employees currently on administrative leave - the government estimates about 500 - must be reinstated to their jobs by that date [Feb. 14] and must be given back 'full access' to email, payment and security alert systems," the media outlet quoted Judge Carl Nichols as saying.

According to Carla Gibride, a lawyer representing USAID, such a decision cannot be made unilaterally by an American leader. She added that Trump's plan could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.

A preliminary hearing on the injunction is scheduled for February 12.

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On January 20, Trump's executive order suspending Washington's development aid to other countries for 90 days was published on the White House website. Later, on January 25, Reuters reported that USAID froze programs to support foreign countries, including Ukraine, following a State Department dispatch approved by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Later, on February 3, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Ilon Musk, announced the launch of the process to liquidate USAID. He noted that this agency is not recoverable, it should be closed. At the same time, Trump called the heads of the agency radical madmen.

Bloomberg reported on February 5 that Musk's team gained access to the room where secret USAID documents are stored. In addition, more than 100 employees of the agency have been placed on administrative leave.

After, on February 8, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the liquidation of USAID could lead to global problems and crisis in many regions of the world. According to him, this decision may cross out all the decade-long efforts of the states to build its reputation in the global community.