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Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and ...

(CNN) — Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over ...

Elon Musk, appointed by Trump to lead DOGE, called USAID a 'criminal organisation' after officials blocked his task force from restricted areas at its DC ...

Musk, the head of Trump's government efficiency initiative, announced the shutdown in the middle of the night in an audio-only appearance on his...

Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, as President Donald Trump claimed the agency ...

The billionaire said the agency was being shut down hours after President Donald Trump said it was being run by "a bunch of radical lunatics."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the ...

As President Trump seeks to remake the federal government and push the limits of executive power, nearly all of the programs funded by USAID have been ...

Senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were placed on administrative leave after they refused to turn over classified ...

Musk says he and Trump have agreed to shut down USAID down. Beyoncé finally wins album of the year at the Grammys. Plus, a look at why egg prices are going ...

Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the ...

President Donald Trump's administration continued on Monday to enact change across the federal government, with Elon Musk saying his Department of ...

Senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were placed on administrative leave after they refused to turn over classified ...

Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon ...

Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take ...

Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in ...

The fate of the US Agency for International Development appeared bleak Monday after Elon Musk, the world's richest man charged with overhauling the federal ...

Elon Musk said in the early hours Monday that he and President Donald Trump are shutting down the agency, which serves as the U.S. government's main ...

The international aid agency's website is down and security officials were put on leave, US media reports.

This comes as Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed to shut down the agency.

Elon Musk's criticism of USAID has sparked debate over whether the aid agency should be permanently closed.

George Ingram explains how efforts to merge USAID into the State Department threaten its independence and U.S. strategic interests.

Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in ...

Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk ...

MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting director the U.S. Agency for International Development, following days of upheaval at USAID as the Trump ...

What is USAID, the foreign assistance agency the Trump administration wants to shut down? Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the U.S. Agency for ...

The US aid agency spends billions around the world on humanitarian support - but its future is in doubt.

Agency in crisis: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said Monday that he was now the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long strayed from its original mission of responsibly advancing American interests abroad ...

Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after Elon Musk closed the agency.

Elon Musk said during a DOGE X Spaces call on Monday that President Trump cleared USAID's shutdown.

Democrats say presidents lack the constitutional authority to eliminate USAID. But it's not clear what would stop President Donald Trump from trying.

The Trump administration's move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is illegal and unconstitutional, a group of House and Senate ...

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former lead official at USAID, about efforts to shutter the ...

The U.S. agency tasked with overseeing foreign aid is put on the chopping block with potential risks for national security. Lisa Desjardins reports on the ...

The sharpest Republican critic, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, said the administration did not follow the law in informing Congress ahead ...

Trump's overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch ...

The Trump administration's freeze of foreign aid and dismantling of the agency that oversees it is putting at risk thousands of jobs in the US and abroad, ...

As has been reported, President Trump and others in his administration would like to dissolve USAID, U.S. agency for international development, ...

Concerns are growing in Washington that abruptly halting assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development “opens up a window for China and ...

On January 25, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order establishing the Department of Government Efficiency under Elon Musk.

Democrats denounced the Trump administration for what they said was an illegal power grab. Leading Republicans welcomed the moves.

The Trump administration is making moves to place nearly all of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Washington-based staff on leave, ...

— Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement on President Trump's proposal to potentially reorganize the United ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following video exposing radical, far-left grants issued by the ...

President Trump's mission to upend the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has left lifesaving food and medicine stuck in ports and ...

About two-thirds of USAID employees serve overseas, and sources say the Trump administration is ordering all staff recalled.

On Jan. 20, as U.S. President Donald Trump was being inaugurated in Washington, D.C., some 8,000 miles away in Dar es Salaam, the government of Tanzania was ...

"We are being tasked to assist the department in recalling USAID employees to the United States by Saturday," State Department official Seth Green wrote in ...

USAID, a federal humanitarian agency, has been in turmoil as the Trump administration considers folding it into the State Department.

USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.

The Trump administration is careening down a path of attempting to merge the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department, ...

USAID headquarters was closed on Monday and Tuesday, and workers were barred from entering the building by federal law enforcement and lost access to their ...

Few countries across the world are as dependent on US foreign assistance as Haiti. ... Simply stopping all aid flows overnight, however, will have significant ...

The announcement says that beginning just before midnight Friday, “all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the ...

WASHINGTON ― About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, were notified Tuesday they ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the U.S. Agency for International ...