State Department formally notifies Congress it is effectively dissolving USAID

Musk’s Bold Move: USAID Shuttered in Dramatic Restructuring

Musk’s Bold Move: USAID Shuttered in Dramatic Restructuring In a sweeping move to streamline government operations, Elon Musk's cost-cutting initiative has led to the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Thousands of employees, including American diplomats and locally hired workers, are facing layoffs as the agency's functions merge with the State Department.This decision, part of President Donald Trump's 'Americ…

Exclusive-All local workers, US diplomats to be fired from USAID, sources say

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering the firing of thousands of local workers and American diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, two former top USAID officials and a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

USAID Is Shutting Down. Here’s How Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Is Rising to the Occasion

The second-largest organization in the world devoted to HIV/AIDS relief faces perhaps its most critical year since inception.

It’s time to refute misinformation and stand up for USAID: PennLive letters

Shutting down USAID is an extremely short-sighted action that discredits our country and causes great harm to many, including USAID employees themselves.

USAID Can and Should Advance U.S. National Interests

Misperceptions about the costs and benefits of U.S. foreign aid have led to current budget and policy missteps. According to KFF, an independent health policy research and polling organization, most...

Action needed to mitigate effects of slashing USAID

The decision by US President Donald Trump to eliminate the US Agency for International Development (USAID) (see Nature 638, 299–300; 2025) poses an unprecedented threat to sustainable urban development, particularly in Africa.