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White House flags top USAID boondoggles under Elon Musk's microscope
The White House has released a list of USAID programs its considers wasteful and that it says abused taxpayer funds by backing programs that supported DEI initiatives.
Elon Musk gets quiet White House reminders his power isn't unchecked
Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Says She Has No Idea If Elon Musk Has A Security Clearance
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2025. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she has no idea if Elon Musk has a security clearance as she faced reporter questions involving his recent actions involving the U.
USAID will further ‘national interest’ after ‘insubordination’ is rooted out, White House says
President Donald Trump is turning the U.S. Agency for International Development on its head during his first month in office, restructuring the foreign aid service to fit his America-first agenda. The top-to-bottom upheaval of USAID,
White House says Elon Musk is serving as a 'special government employee'
Musk’s SpaceX has won billions in government contracts with the federal government, which critics have said is a potential conflict of interest.
Karoline Leavitt calls USAID projects 'crap,' praises Elon Musk
Leavitt' to Karoline to call it like she sees it! President Trump's Press Secretary read off a list of projects USAID has funded and said the American people don't want to pay for this 'crap.' She also was sure to mention they're all DEI-related.
Karoline Leavitt Defends Elon Musk For Shutting Down USAID
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has defended Elon Musk shutting down USAID and said that Musk "has a little bit of common sense.."
‘Musk a special govt employee, but…’ WH Press Secretary Leavitt elaborates on DOGE-USAID standoff
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed the press on Elon Musk’s security clearance situation which caused a standoff between the DOGE head and USAID officials. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Saturday tried accessing classified documents from the USAID,
Trump accuses USAID of being 'corrupt'; implies the agency's days are numbered
USAID, a federal humanitarian agency, has been in turmoil as the Trump administration considers folding it into the State ...
Dem Rep. Jim Himes: I Promise You, Middle-Class Families Don't Care About USAID or the IT Procedures at the Treasury Department
Philip Wegmann, the White House reporter for RCP, asked Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jim Himes about the future of the ...
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: "It's not an overhaul. It's a destruction"
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating the agency is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans ...
Questions about USAID’s future complicate Trump’s dealings with Iran
The Trump administration’s move to overhaul the agency could tie into a memorandum he issued announcing the U.S. would “impose maximum pressure” on Iran.
White House press secretary on some USAID programs: ''I don't want my dollars going towards this crap'
Well, first of all, Elon Musk is a once in a generation business leader. He is an entrepreneur, and he serves as a great ally ...
USAID employee says staffers hid pride flags, 'incriminating' books when DOGE arrived
ABC News spoke to a USAID worker who described what happened inside the office when Elon Musk's DOGE came to take over and ...
The Latest: Hundreds gather in Washington, DC, to protest the shuttering of USAID
U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or pull children from school after the Trump administration ordered employees of the U.S. Agency for International ...
Rubio says he's acting director of USAID as Trump, Musk move to shut agency down
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is feeding the Washington foreign aid agency "into the wood chipper" as part of an effort ...
Map Shows China's Global Investments Expanding Amid USAID Upheaval
Supporters of the move believe USAID was poorly managed and wasting taxpayers' money, with White House Press Secretary ...
USAID announces sweeping moves to sideline remaining staff
The move is the latest action in a jarring broadside against America’s foreign aid architecture that has followed President ...