Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID

Musk says administration is on verge of shutting down USAID

Elon Musk, the administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO, says the administration is on the verge of shutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.

CBS News - 1h

Marco Rubio blasts USAID, says he is agency's acting administrator

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is speaking out on USAID, the federal agency that provides humanitarian aid and funding for programs abroad. USAID will be merged into the State Department and Rubio ...

CBS News - 2h

Rubio says he is the acting head of USAID

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporter traveling in El Salvador with him that he is the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development and voiced his concerns about the ...

NBC News - 3h

USAID personnel told to stay away from DC headquarters after Elon Musk's shutdown comments

U.S. Agency for International Development employees based out of the nation's capital were ordered overnight not to come into the office Monday and to work from home.

NBC News - 6h

What to know about Trump, Musk and USAID

Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as USAID, were told to stay home Monday and billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk says the agency is on the verge of being shut ...

CBS News - 5h

Musk says administration is on verge of shutting down USAID

Elon Musk, the administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO, says the administration is on the verge of shutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.

CBS News - 5h

US aid agency HQ closed after Musk reveals plan to ‘shut it down’

Future of USAID in doubt as Donald Trump accuses it of being run by ‘radical lunatics’

Financial Times - 6h

USAID personnel told to stay away from DC headquarters after Elon Musk's shutdown comments

U.S. Agency for International Development employees based out of the nation's capital were ordered overnight not to come into the office Monday and to work from home.

NBC News - 6h

Elon Musk says Trump agreed to "shut down" USAID, government's primary humanitarian aid agency

CBS News has learned at least two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, have been placed on administrative leave after the two officials refused to allow ...

CBS News - 8h

Trump says Elon Musk won't take action 'without our approval'

Trump to discuss tariffs with officials from Canada and Mexico

NBC News - 8h

Musk: Trump 'agreed' USAID should be shut down

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said early Monday that President Trump has “agreed” to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which administers billions of dollars of ...

The Hill - 8h

USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave Saturday after they tried to prevent employees from the Department of ...

NBC News - 13h

Elon Musk says USAid is ‘beyond repair’ and he is working to shut it down

Billionaire says in social media discussion that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut down. Elon Musk, who is heading Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal ...

The Guardian - 14h

Rep. Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department

GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ...

CBS News - 1d

Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’

Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot. The Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by ...

The Guardian - 2d

Trump’s aid freeze shuts down ‘gold standard’ famine-monitoring system

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warn. The system for monitoring global food crises appears to have been suspended ...

The Guardian - 3d

Elon Musk Tells Friends He’s Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC

In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.

Wired - 5d

Trump needs to transform FEMA, not shut it down

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

The Hill - 6d

Trump’s latest border actions are ‘shutting down the asylum system as we know it’

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to end birthright citizenship. NBC News Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley, NBC News Senior White House Correspondent ...

NBC News - Jan. 23

Jamie Dimon says he's patched relationship with Musk: 'Elon and I hugged it out'

Last year, JPMorgan agreed to drop a lawsuit against Tesla. Now, the JPMorgan CEO is calling Musk "our Einstein."

CNBC - Jan. 22

Dimon says he and Musk have 'hugged it out'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that he and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have “hugged it out” and resolved their differences, after Dimon’s bank sued the tech billionaire’s electric vehicle ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

Trump says he's open to TikTok sale to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison

At a press briefing on Tuesday, President Trump suggested that he's open to the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.

CNBC - Jan. 22

Elon Musk's gesture at Trump rally draws scrutiny

He made the gesture while thanking supporters for contributing to Trump's victory.

BBC News - Jan. 20

Elon Musk says he is 'fired up for the future' at Trump's inaugural rally

Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk shared his excitement for the future during President Donald Trump’s inaugural rally. At one point, the crowd chanted, "Elon! Elon!" Musk then forcefully touched his ...

NBC News - Jan. 20

How could Elon Musk influence Donald Trump?

Several tech CEOs were present at President Trump's inauguration, including X's Elon Musk. Walter Isaacson, who has spent significant time with Musk and wrote his biography, joins CBS News with his ...

CBS News - Jan. 20

Trump officials shut down CBP One app

Trump administration officials minutes after the new president took office on Monday shut down a mobile app for migrants to make appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border. By shutting down the CBP One ...

The Hill - Jan. 20

TikTok shuts down in the U.S. (updated)

TikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19, the wildly popular short-form video app went dark. The shutdown left me (and ...

VentureBeat - Jan. 19

SpaceX’s Starship blew up. Elon Musk says it’s ‘barely a bump in the road.’

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the explosion of the company’s Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test Thursday as “barely a bump in the road,” underlining the momentum behind the ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 17

Elon Musk to speak at Trump's inauguration weekend rally

Elon Musk is among the speakers who will precede President-elect Donald Trump at his pre-inaugural rally in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, according to a source familiar with the planning.

NBC News - Jan. 17

Influential activist short-seller firm Hindenburg Research says it is shutting down

Founder Nathan Anderson says he and his team are ready to move on to the next chapter in their lives after just eight years.

MarketWatch - Jan. 16

Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says

The comments highlighted rifts within the U.S. right wing and between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump.

The New York Times - Jan. 13

Former FBI director Wray says he stepped down as Trump ‘intended to make a change’

Former FBI director Christopher Wray said he stepped down because it was clear President-elect Trump “intended to make a change” with the agency. “My decision to retire from the FBI, I have to tell ...

The Hill - Jan. 13

Steve Bannon says he will 'take down' the 'truly evil' Elon Musk

President-elect Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has vowed to “take down” tech billionaire Elon Musk, calling him “truly evil.” In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, as ...

The Hill - Jan. 12

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’

Tech boss suggests move to self-learning synthetic data though some warn this could cause ‘model collapse’. Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence companies have run out of ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9