Paul Martin's office put out a report Monday detailing the negative impact of the Trump administration’s push for drastic cuts at the agency.

Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, excoriated lawyers representing the former government watchdogs for how they handled their emergency request, but let the lawsuit proceed on a slower timeline.

It’s not immediately clear whether the firings are legal, as the Trump administration is required to give a 30-day notice.

Paul K. Martin, appointed by President Joe Biden in December 2023, was informed of his dismissal through an email from the White House.

Trump fired 17 inspectors general during his first days in office, eight of whom have filed a lawsuit claiming that the president broke the law when he attempted to fire them without justifying their removal or giving Congress 30-day notices.

The USAID inspector general did his job and did it well. For his trouble, he was apparently fired by a White House found his work politically inconvenient.

President Trump’s White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday, a day after the watchdog office issued a report that was critical of

The decision comes a day after the watchdog’s office warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had made it impossible to monitor $8.2 billion in humanitarian funds.