USAID, Elon Musk

Rubio says he's acting director of USAID as Elon Musk moves to shut it down
It raised immediate objections from Democrats who argued Trump lacks the constitutional authority to eliminate USAID, which was established by Congress as an independent agency in 1998. The White House said 606 USAID employees had been put on administration leave and 791 personal service contracts were terminated for a projected savings of $128 million.
USAID tells employees to stay home hours after Elon Musk said it was going to be shut down
USAID sent a message on Monday morning telling employees based in DC to work remotely, without saying whether and when headquarters would reopen.
Unelected Billionaire Elon Musk Is Shutting Down the Government Agency USAID
In an unprecedented flexing of the power of the executive branch, unelected billionaire Elon Musk is shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump, Musk want to end it
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.
USAID website shut down as Musk kills humanitarian aid agency
As DOGE head Elon Musk works to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID's official website has gone dark.
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy and defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent.
Elon Musk says President Donald Trump has ‘agreed’ USAID should be shut down
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk — who has been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days.
Musk Says USAID to Be Shut Down in Government Cost-Cutting Drive
Equipment and supplies for the Urban Search and Rescue team from Fairfax, Virginia, and USAID to help in support operations for victims of the earthquake in Turkey are loaded onto a transport plane at Dover Air Force Base,
Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says ‘we’re shutting it down’
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk said early Monday that his DOGE team is in the process of closing USAID, the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
Fury and dismay as Musk and Trump move to shut down USAID, the world’s largest provider of food aid
Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency is leading Trump’s drive to shrink the federal government, has announced work is underway to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID. Its website is currently down.
Musk plans to shut down USAID, hopes to cut $1 trillion from the US deficit by next year
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort early Monday, saying they are working to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID.
USAID headquarters in Washington is blocked after Musk says Trump agrees to close the aid agency
Musk says he's spoken with Trump about the U.S. aid and development agency and the Republican president agrees they should ...
"Time for it to die": Musk takes over USAID in bid to destroy the agency with Trump's "full support"
Trump said Musk was helping him take on "radical lunatics" at the agency, which provides humanitarian aid abroad ...
What to know about Musk’s weekend efforts to suffocate USAID
The United States Agency for International Development is poised to be the first major cut in government spending executed by ...
Rep. Gerry Connolly: No One Elected Elon Musk To Dismantle USAID, "Congress Created This Agency"
Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly went on the warpath Monday in response to reports that the Trump administration is ...
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files, three sources familiar with the events told NBC ...
‘Just the beginning’: Trump ramps up government purge with USAID latest target
President Trump is ramping up his government purge, with Elon Musk being tasked to shut down USAID. USA Today Washington ...