WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.

The Trump administration says it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development globally and recall thousands of personnel working overseas.

The Trump administration says it's now in control of USAID and has shut down global programs from the previously independent humanitarian aid agency.

The Trump administration and Elon Musk are taking steps to shutdown USAID, an organization that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance for dozens of foreign countries. Staff who work at the headquarters of the U.