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Johns Hopkins University says it’s laying off 2,000 employees due to Trump cuts
Illustrative -- The Maryland Hall at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 12, 2011 (Wikimedia Commons)
The prestigious Johns Hopkins University says it is being forced to lay off more than 2,000 employees in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s massive reduction in foreign aid funding.
“This is a difficult day for our entire community. The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work here in Baltimore and internationally,” the school — a top research institute barely an hour’s drive from the US capital — says in a statement.
