Security questions swirl after Musk team views data
US President Donald Trump’s administration will reportedly cut the staff at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) by nearly 300 employees to 290. The elimination of USAID has focused primarily on global public health projects that have received bipartisan support, reports said. USAID delivers humanitarian aid and economic development funding around the world.
The US administration is about to withdraw staff from overseas posts
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which recently took over the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) security system, is cutting off staff email accounts on arandom basis, WIRED reported. A group of young DOGE agents has been stationed in USAID headquarters since last week. This comes after Musk announced his plans to “shut down” USAID.
Why did the website disappear, and what caused Musk to want USAID to die?
US State Department has revised its website to include information about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), amid President Donald Trump’s decision to shut the agency. The updated page includes a press release, which read, “Implementing the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid.” The agency was created by the US government in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.