Trump and Musk's moves to ax USAID are 'flatly illegal,' experts say. It doesn't mean it won't happen.
As head of DOGE, Elon Musk is making moves to scrap federal agencies like USAID. Legal experts say that power belongs with ...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using ...
Elon Musk's USAID Shutdown Could Play Into Russia and China's Hands
One China expert told Newsweek that the USAID funding freeze had handed an "enormous gift" to Beijing's push to influence the ...
Trump says he’s opposed 'many' of Musk’s ideas, but praises effort to shut down USAID
Trump on Tuesday told reporters he opposed “many” of billionaire Elon Musk’s ideas to tackle government inefficiency, but ...
17 days of DOGE: Inside Trump and Musk's rapid disruption of the federal workforce
One federal worker compared the whirlwind to a SpaceX rocket explosion. "I feel like that's where we're heading," she said.
Alleged USAID Probe Into Starlink Raises Elon Musk Conflict Concerns
USAID and Starlink collaborated to provide 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid its ongoing war against Russia.
Inside Trump and Musk’s Clumsy, ‘Exhausting’ Hunt for Leakers
Trump, Musk, and their allies across the federal government are trying to snuff out a geyser of press leaks with bullying and snitch networks.
Democrats focus on Elon Musk as they search for a message to fight Trump
The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and ...