19 hours 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 ...

3 days ago · President Trump’s new DOGE task force is causing major shakeups within the federal government with the Elon Musk run agency having effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. ... USAID is in charge of administering U.S. humanitarian aid around the world. The agency employs around 10,000 people and has an annual budget ...

18 hours ago · The department’s acting deputy secretary, David Lebryk, retired after more than 30 years of service when Krause and DOGE requested access to sensitive data, the two people told The AP. Trump ordered a funding freeze at USAID his first day in office, saying, “the United States foreign aid industry” was “not aligned with American ...

18 hours ago · DOGE’s efforts to stop USAID payments undermine assurances that the department gave to federal lawmakers in a Tuesday letter that it sought only to review the integrity of the payments and had ...

5 days ago · 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 ...

4 days ago · Musk on Sunday responded to an X post about the news by saying, “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” He followed with additional posts on X about the aid agency. Kate Miller, who serves on an advisory board for DOGE, said in a separate post that no classified material was accessed “without proper security clearances.”

4 days ago · The developments added to the ongoing turmoil inside USAID, where sources told ABC News that DOGE staffers have moved to take over offices, escalating tensions as more senior staff members are ...

4 days ago · 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 ...

3 days ago · Elon Musk's cost-cutting DOGE operation is targeting USAID, shutting down its website, locking out employees and sparking concerns over national security and international aid efforts.

4 days ago · When USAID Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy, Brian McGill, refused to allow them in, the DOGE employees threatened to call the U.S. Marshals, two of the sources said.