2 days ago · Why is Elon Musk going after USAID? Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, has launched a sweeping effort empowered by Trump to fire government workers and cut trillions in government spending. USAID is one of his prime targets. Musk alleges USAID funding been used to launch deadly programs and called it a “criminal ...

3 days ago · The day before, Musk wrote on X that USAID is a "criminal organization." "It needs to die," he wrote. Criticisms leveled at USAID. Musk has voiced numerous criticisms of the agency on X, citing ...

2 days ago · Musk discussed eliminating USAID during an hourlong audio-only event Monday shortly after midnight on his social media site X. He said he went over the plan with Trump "in detail" and the U.S ...

13 hours ago · Musk has also stated that USAID is a “viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America.” Similarly, Trump on Sunday said that USAID was being run by “radical lunatics.”

4 days ago · Musk’s comments come after two top security officials at USAID were put on administrative leave Saturday night for refusing members of the Department of Government Efficiency access to systems ...

2 days ago · On Monday, Musk announced that the administration was working to shutter the agency, a week after hundreds of USAID contractors were placed on unpaid leave and some were terminated following a ...

22 hours ago · Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency. Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have ...

2 days ago · Inside Elon Musk’s Killing of USAID Saboteurs, tears, and a last-minute push to save lives. By Jonathan Guyer, a journalist and program director at Institute for Global Affairs.