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Cecilia Nowell

Trump reportedly fires watchdog who oversees USAid after damning report

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Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, on 30 January 2025. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Donald Trump reportedly fired the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAid) on Tuesday, one day after the independent inspector general issued a damning report detailing the impact of the president’s sudden dismantling of the agency.

Paul Martin, who was appointed by Joe Biden in December 2023, was dismissed in an email from Trent Morse, deputy director of the White House office of presidential personnel, seen by the Washington Post.

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