Non-essential US foreign aid agency staff on leave worldwide

The flag of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, flies in front of the USAID office (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential.

A notice posted online on Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home and targets the aid agency’s six-decade mission overseas.