3 days ago · Foreign Affairs. How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs Aides to the president and Elon Musk suspected USAID officials were trying to go around a funding freeze.

4 days ago · Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work. ... or DOGE, described USAID, the foreign ...

4 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the U.S. Department of Treasury payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to two people familiar with the matter. DOGE’s efforts to stop USAID payments undermine assurances that …

4 days ago · Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gutted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), taking a team of over 10,000 down to just under 300, according ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Musk, Trump administration slam USAID. Tech billionaire Elon Musk who runs DOGE announced that President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency down. “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die,” Musk posted to …

Feb 2, 2025 · Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding ...

Feb 2, 2025 · The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams.

Feb 2, 2025 · A senior USAID official called Musk's targeting the agency a "mafia-like takeover." Trump told reporters on Monday that "Elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval. And we'll give ...

Feb 2, 2025 · Officials with DOGE, the new group run by billionaire Elon Musk, tried to physically enter USAID’s offices and access materials there including classified information, CNN first reported Sunday ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Elon Musk’s DOGE team sets off tensions in the federal government The ... suggesting routine payments of the Treasury are violating the law and asserting that USAID is "a criminal organization ...