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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 ...
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 ...
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What is USAID, the US Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...
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.
Musk hit on USAID riles Dems; many in GOP would absorb it into State Department
Democrats criticized the actions at USAID, blaming Elon Musk, but Republicans seemed contend with absorbing it into the State ...
Musk appears to have 'quite a bit of power' as he and Trump purge USAID
Elon Musk says he and President Donald Trump are shutting down USAID. NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard has ...
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 ...
Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development ...