5 hours ago · Trump, Musk embark on federal cost-cutting operation. The apparent shutdown of USAID comes as Trump has ordered a global freeze on most U.S. foreign aid as part of his "America First" policy ...

11 hours ago · Trump on Sunday said that Musk “is doing a good job,” and criticized USAID as “run by a bunch of radical lunatics,” though he did not go so far as to say he planned to shut down the agency ...

5 hours ago · Tech billionaire Elon Musk said early Monday that President Trump has “agreed” to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency that administers billions of ...

8 hours ago · Musk Says Trump Wants to Shut Down U.S. Foreign Aid Agency. President Trump has stopped short of saying the U.S. Agency for International Development should be closed. Elon Musk’s comments added ...

7 hours ago · Over the weekend, the Trump administration placed two top security chiefs at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk’s government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday.. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, earlier carried out a …

6 hours ago · The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the ...

13 hours ago · Elon Musk said President Trump has "agreed" to "shut" the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) down.. The big picture: Musk's comments early Monday followed reports that two senior USAID security officials were placed on administrative leave after denying representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which the …

10 hours ago · Elon Musk arrives for the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the US at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.

21 hours ago · Trump’s reported efforts to shut down USAID come as his administration, with the help of Musk and DOGE, has broadly vowed to cut government spending and make significant moves to put federal ...

11 hours ago · Musk did not say what legal authority he believed the White House has to shut down a federal agency without congressional approval.