Trump and Elon Musk have called for shutting down the USAID, branding it a "criminal organisation" led by "radical lunatics". Almost all employees have been put on leave and ordered to return.

Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump's blessing ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering merging the U.S. international aid agency (USAID) ...

Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration's sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led by Elon Musk.

Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are being placed on administrative leave with pay “until ...

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The Trump administration is recalling USAID staff from overseas, placing most on leave as part of a broader foreign aid ...

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.

In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on ...

Trump signed an executive order imposing an unprecedented freeze on foreign assistance, effectively shutting down many of USAID's programs.

The purge at the U.S. Agency for International Development is a blow to American interests and a boon to our adversaries.

USAID was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world — until Elon Musk showed up.