What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in ...
USAID Workers Call for End of Furlough—'Devastating for My Family'
USAID workers were locked out of their headquarters in Washington on Monday as billionaire Elon Musk's Department of ...
Trump Dismantles USAID: Experts Say Move Will Help America's Rivals and Harm Millions
The attempt by the Trump administration to shut down USAID has led to worries about diplomatic fallout and geopolitical ...
Trump and 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 ...
What is USAID? Foreign aid from US suspended by President Trump and Elon Musk
Trump's overhaul of the federal government now has its sights set on foreign aid from the U.S. Here's what we know and which ...
Rubio will face questions about a deal to deport Americans and USAID turmoil
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will press the Trump administration priority of cracking down on immigration when he meets ...
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 ...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to ...
Democrat places blanket hold on Trump’s State Department picks over targeting of USAID
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket ...
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
The news came hours after Elon Musk, who has been charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald ...
Rubio attempts to tamp down concerns about immediate shutdown of USAID
It is unclear how Rubio and the State Department would work with lawmakers on USAID with Musk’s determination to close the agency entirely.
Bill Gates suggests Elon Musk doesn’t see the ‘good work’ accomplished by USAID
The Microsoft founder's comments came after Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, shut down the USAID headquarters on Monday.