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What is USAID, the US Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...
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What is USAID, and how central is it to US foreign policy?
According to the US government’s official website, USAID is the “principal US agency to extend assistance to countries ...
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State ...
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files, three sources familiar with the events told NBC ...
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Trump and Musk Threaten Shutdown of USAID in What Observers Call “Textbook Coup”
USAID officials were forced out after refusing to give Musk agents access to internal systems and classified material.
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
It became apparent that its not an apple with a worm it in,” Musk said in a live session on X Spaces early Monday.