Feb 3, 2025 · Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the USAID, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy.

Feb 3, 2025 · Why is Elon Musk going after USAID? Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, has launched a sweeping effort empowered by Trump to fire government workers and cut trillions in government spending. USAID is one of his prime targets. Musk alleges USAID funding been used to launch deadly programs and called it a “criminal ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Billionaire Elon Musk said early Monday that President Donald Trump agreed to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—which he cannot legally unilaterally do —as the ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.

Feb 3, 2025 · The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee said in a post Monday morning that neither Trump nor Musk had the authority to shut down USAID, an independent agency established by Congress.

Feb 2, 2025 · Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'

Feb 2, 2025 · Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Elon Musk's cost-cutting DOGE operation is targeting USAID, shutting down its website, locking out employees and sparking concerns over national security and international aid efforts.

5 days ago · The drive by Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk to unravel the agency is part of a wider campaign against almost all American foreign aid. Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 ordering a halt to the ...

6 days ago · Q&A ‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’ A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.