Trump, USAID and Elon Musk

Trump and Musk's moves to ax USAID are 'flatly illegal,' experts say. It doesn't mean it won't happen.
As head of DOGE, Elon Musk is making moves to scrap federal agencies like USAID. Legal experts say that power belongs with Congress.
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an overhaul of the humanitarian aid agency.
‘Holding Us Hostage’: Inside Trump and Musk’s USAID Shutdown Fiasco
Trump’s obliteration of the aid agency left employees with no guidance and workers overseas feeling like they’re playing violin “on the Titanic deck”
Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed USAID needs to be ‘shut down’
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 was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.
Are Trump and Musk ending a Kansas legacy by shuttering USAID's Food for Peace?
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are shutting down USAID, a federal foreign aid agency that houses Food for Peace, which has a Kansas history.
Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says, ‘We’re shutting it down’
The Trump administration and its allies moved to tighten control of the U.S. Agency for International Development over the weekend, signaling an intent to act forcefully to bring the U.S. foreign policy apparatus in line with the president’s “America First” approach to engaging with the world.
In New Hampshire, protesters rally against Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the closing of USAID
About 200 people gathered at the State House in Concord holding signs that read “Arrest Musk,” “Resist,” and “Trump is a ...
USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list. Here's where the foreign aid agency spends its money.
The US provides some amount of aid to most countries, including nearly every country in Africa and Asia. Many polls have ...
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.
InnovationRx: Billionaire Trump Donor Elon Musk Wages War On USAID
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Trump 'is not king’: Lawmaker slams Trump and Musk's government blitz
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been leading a blitz in shutting down and gutting federal government agencies like ...
Democrats focus on Elon Musk as they search for a message to fight Trump
The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and ...
Elon Musk's USAID Shutdown Could Play Into Russia and China's Hands
One China expert told Newsweek that the USAID funding freeze had handed an "enormous gift" to Beijing's push to influence the ...
Instilling ‘chaos and fear’: Ex-USAID official slams Musk and Trump
NBC News has learned that Elon Musk has officially joined the Trump administration as a “special government employee.” Musk ...