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Feb 28, 2025

Feeling the economic shockwaves of government layoffs

While USAID workers in Washington, D.C. are packing up their belongings for a second day, the ripple effects of federal job cuts have wider reaches.

Terminated USAID employees collect their personal items on Feb. 27.
Terminated USAID employees collect their personal items on Feb. 27.
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Feeling the economic shockwaves of government layoffs