What is the USAID? Elon Musk says President Trump agreed to shut down the federal agency
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.
What is USAID and what does it do? The agency Musk, Trump aim to shut down, explained
Elon Musk said he is feeding USAID thorugh the wood chipper. The federal agency provides disaster relief across the world and promotes democracy.
'Thank you for your service': Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave
In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on leave. The note ended with the words, "Thank you for your service."
Musk says he, Trump in process of closing US Agency for International Development
Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk, now in charge of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, said Monday that he and President Donald Trump are going to shutter the United States Agency for International Development.
Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency
Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.
USAID Workers Scramble for Answers After Trump Pulls Almost All of Them off the Job Worldwide
U.S. aid staffers worldwide are scrambling for answers and starting to pack up households or pull their children from school
Republicans quiet as Trump and Musk move to gut some federal agencies
President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.
Trump puts USAID staff around the world on leave
Thousands of Americans who work for the U.S. Agency for International Development around the world will be placed on leave by Friday night, and those overseas ordered to return to the U.S., according to a notice from the Trump administration.
Trump administration puts on leave USAID staff globally in dramatic aid overhaul
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development globally and recall thousands of personnel working overseas.
First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency
Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from across Republican and Democratic ...
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Protesters rally against Trump's stop-work order for USAID
USAID and nonprofit workers gathered near the Capitol in D.C. to protest Elon Musk's efforts to shut down the aid agency with ...
Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction"
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating the agency is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans ...
Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praising ...
Musk says United States Agency for International Development to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive
Elon Musk, leading the federal cost-cutting panel, announced plans to shut down USAID, describing it as 'beyond repair.' The U.S., as the world's largest single donor, disbursed $72 billion in aid in ...
Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...
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Tom Fitton: USAID has become a 'plaything’ for the radical left's global agenda
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton says the far-left treats the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ...