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The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
The world’s richest man and its most powerful one have killed the one government agency that does the most to support the ...
What is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it
In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Why It’s a Huge Deal That Trump Is Trying to Shut Down USAID
Elon Musk “ spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper ,” he posted Monday morning on X, adding that he destroyed ...
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were ...
Hours before their shift, USAID staff received an email stating they were locked out of Washington HQ amid battle with Elon Musk’s DOGE
The move comes amid a clash between USAID, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative, which has left the agency's ...
Why Is Elon Musk Attacking USAID? How Partisan Politics Made Foreign Aid Agency Suddenly So Controversial
Elon Musk said he and Trump want to shut down the agency because of its purportedly “radical” work, but the controversy seems mired in partisan politics.