THE FATBOY SHOW : Hundreds of USAID internal contractors put on leave, terminated amid US freeze on global aid.

Hundreds of internal contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign aid worldwide.

The furloughs come even as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued overnight an additional waiver for "life-saving humanitarian assistance" while Washington undertakes the 90-day review Trump initiated just hours after he came into office on Jan. 20.