Michael Ighodaro, the executive director of Global Black Gay Men Connect and Global Black Pride, joined Dana Kozlov and Audrina Sinclair to discuss USAID's uncertain future.

Just one week after the Trump administration initiated a near-total freeze of U.S. foreign aid, the future of the U.S.

Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development were told the agency’s main building in Washington was closed on Monday and they should work from home. The email came early Monday morning, soon after tech mogul and President Donald Trump ally Elon Musk said he had spoken to the president, who agreed to close down the agency.

President Donald Trump’s ally Elon Musk targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development and its $40 billion budget as Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is now its executive director. It comes as the DOGE team is granted access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems and Musk is given top secret security clearance.

Over 600 employees were denied access to the USAID system overnight on Monday, and federal workers were instructed to stay out of the USAID Washington headquarters,

Musk suggested on his social-media platform X that he wanted to close down the agency entirely—and USAID’s X profile was taken down. Here’s what to know about USAID: What is