11 hours ago · USAID, the humanitarian agency, has long been a target of criticism that its aid programs masked nation-meddling and overspent American tax dollars abroad. Now Elon Musk has boosted that criticism.

4 days ago · Musk alleges USAID funding been used to launch deadly programs and called it a “criminal organization.” What is being affected by the USAID freeze? Sub-Saharan Africa could suffer more than any other region during the aid pause. The U.S. gave the region more than $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance last year.

19 hours ago · Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

5 days ago · The day before, Musk wrote on X that USAID is a "criminal organization." "It needs to die," he wrote. Criticisms leveled at USAID. Musk has voiced numerous criticisms of the agency on X, citing ...

4 days ago · On Monday, Musk announced that the administration was working to shutter the agency, a week after hundreds of USAID contractors were placed on unpaid leave and some were terminated following a ...

3 days ago · During an hourlong audio-only conversation on X Spaces on Feb. 2, 2025, Musk said he was working to shut down USAID, and that Trump supported his efforts to do so.

3 days ago · Q&A ‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’ A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.

2 days ago · Musk has also stated that USAID is a “viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America.” Similarly, Trump on Sunday said that USAID was being run by “radical lunatics.”

4 days ago · Inside Elon Musk’s Killing of USAID Saboteurs, tears, and a last-minute push to save lives. By Jonathan Guyer, a journalist and program director at Institute for Global Affairs.

2 days ago · The drive by Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk to unravel the agency is part of a wider campaign against almost all American foreign aid. Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 ordering a halt to the ...