Trump administration notifies Congress it will close USAID

• Certain USAID responsibilities will be delegated to the State Department by July 1.
• Employees received notice on Friday that their positions would be eliminated in July and September, multiple outlets reported.

What they're saying: "We are continuing essential lifesaving programs and making strategic investments that strengthen our partners and our own country," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.

• Foreign assistance programs will be reoriented to align with what is best for the U.S. and its citizens, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said during a news conference on Friday.
• Bruce said it was unclear whether all foreign service officers would be terminated. She also said the USAID changes have not affected the ability to employ the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team.

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• A federal judge earlier this month said the shutdown deprived Congress of its constitutional authority of deciding what to do with an agency it created.

Zoom in: Bruce said USAID has maintained a team of disaster experts ready to respond following destructive earthquakes in Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, but no formal requests had been made yet as of the afternoon.

• "We are ready to move now," Bruce said. "There has been no impact on our ability to perform those duties, those requests for aid if and when they do come in."

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Editor's note: This story has been updated with details throughout.