A union for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors asked a federal judge to intervene after an email instructed its staff in Washington to shred and burn specific documents. The agency has been the center of focus in recent weeks as the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its mission to shrink the size of government.
A group representing USAID workers, the American Foreign Service Association, said in a statement that it feared documents being destroyed could be relevant to ongoing lawsuits over USAID's firings and program terminations.
