How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
USAID, the humanitarian agency, has long been a target of criticism that its aid programs masked nation-meddling and ...
USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency
The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s ...
Judge halts Trump plan to place over 2,000 USAID staff on paid leave
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting over 2,000 employees of the USAID on paid leave ...
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
Musk has called the agency “evil” and a “criminal organization,” though the fact that USAID was investigating the Starlink ...
What to know about Trump, Musk and the dismantling of USAID
While Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk said he was working to "shut down" USAID, it wasn't clear whether ...
Trump says DOGE will probe Pentagon, Department of Education
President Donald Trump said Friday much of the Department of Government Efficiency's work comes at his own 'insistence.' ...
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Schapiro and Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As members of Elon Musk’s Department ...