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While USAID employees have challenged these layoffs in court, arguing they were illegal and unconstitutional, the agency remains critically underfunded and shorthanded.
The list of current and potential harms to millions of people in Latin America, Africa, and Asia is a long one. We were not at war with these nations. They were not threatening us.
President Donald Trump created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with the aim of slashing wasted government spending.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio celebrated the shutdown of USAID. But a new study estimates that the consequences could be catastrophic. Journalist William Herkewitz, former head of communications ...
The Department of Government Efficiency X account announced 312 recent contract cancellations resulting in a whopping $470 million in savings.
In at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon Musk’s businesses for years.
Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old who was hired by Elon Musk to help slash the government bureaucracy, has become a public symbol of his team.
A new memo from the Defense Department's acquisition leader spells out what agencies and components have to inform the Department of Government Efficiency before proceeding on certain contracts.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in ...
Now that Elon Musk has officially left his position with DOGE, uncertainty surrounds the stimulus checks he promoted.
Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration.