USAID website goes offline in Trump administration’s 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
- The website of the U.S. Agency for International Development went offline as President Donald Trump implemented a freeze on foreign aid, causing furloughs and program shutdowns.
- Congressional Democrats expressed concern that Trump may eliminate USAID as an independent agency, arguing it is vital to national security.
- Elon Musk endorsed calls to dissolve USAID, stating, 'Live by executive order, die by executive order.'
- Senator Chris Murphy stated that presidents cannot eliminate congressionally appropriated federal agencies by executive order, warning of a potential constitutional crisis.
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Trump and Musk launch campaign against humanitarian aid
US President Donald Trump has complained that the US Agency for International Development Assistance is run by "a bunch of radical lunatics". His advisor Elon Musk calls it a "criminal organisation".
USAID Website and Social Media Goes Dark Amid Trump's Foreign Aid Pause - News From Antiwar.com
The website and X account for the US Agency International Development (USAID) went offline on Saturday amid President Trump's pause on foreign aid as reports say his administration may bring USAID under the State Department. Funding to USAID has been paused for a 90-day review period that is being overseen…
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