USAID, Musk and Appeals Court
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A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
From Associated Press News
As Elon Musk’s team has thrown thousands of federal employees unexpectedly on the job market, governors and mayors see an unprecedented chance to bolster their ranks.
From Politico
“As a result of the work of DOGE, legitimate recipients of Social Security will receive more money, not less money,” Musk said in a Fox News interview on Thursday alongside members of his DOGE team.
From HuffPost
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The State Department on Friday formally notified Congress of the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with the remaining operations and programs run by the diplomatic agency.
Musk’s federal takeover produced significant collateral damage. Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. church’s global humanitarian relief and development agency, had been U.S.A.I.D.’s biggest faith-based international partner.
On the afternoon of March 17th Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) came to visit. The incursion was just one of dozens of raids conducted by DOGE on various parts of government. The tension it sparked,
Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk’s DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
Though President Donald Trump has vowed that Social Security is not going anywhere, Elon Musk – the face of the government’s cost-slashing committee – has increasingly slammed the program during
Three European allies provided millions of dollars that the United States was supposed to spend for low-income countries.
After DOGE cuts to USAID contracts, the United Nations is beginning to be impacted by a budget crunch, starting with department charged with enabling security of U.N. staff.
In an exclusive interview, Trish Karlin of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation discusses the impact of $32.7m worth of contracts being terminated by USAID.