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.

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 · The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams.

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 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 said President Trump “agreed” to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which administers billions of dollars of humanitarian, development and security...

Feb 3, 2025 · Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and X, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk,...

Feb 3, 2025 · President Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have moved to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which spent some $30 billion last year on humanitarian ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Nonetheless, President Donald Trump over the weekend criticized it as being “run by a bunch of radical lunatics,” and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who heads his government efficiency initiative,...