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USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk’s DOGE from classified info, officials say
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams.
Security Official at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.
Elon Musk's DOGE team attempt takeover of USAID
Musk, CEO of X (formerly Twitter), has been on a posting spree, using his platform to justify and denigrate his takeover of USAID. He’s called the agency " evil ," a " criminal organization ," and a "viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America."
USAID security leaders placed on leave after refusing to turn over classified info to Elon Musk’s DOGE team
It comes a day after DOGE carried out a similar operation at the Treasury Department, gaining access to Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency,
Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems
Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a post on Bluesky on Saturday that sources told his office Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Musk’s team,
USAID security officials put on leave and faced arrest after refusing access for Elon Musk
Two senior security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were threatened with arrest and then put on leave after refusing to let Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access systems at the agency.
Elon Musk's DOGE gains access to Treasury Department’s payments system: NYT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency complete access to the federal payment system late on Friday, The New York Times reported Saturday,
Germany’s far-right AfD party is obsessed with Trump and Musk
You have to make a decision. Do you want to have the party of [Chancellor] Olaf Scholz and all those eunuchs? Or are you on ...
Elon Musk Accused of 'Pulling Trump Down' With Negative Poll Rating
Harry Enten, Tuesday on CNN: "Donald Trump is a more popular guy than Elon Musk is, that's the bottom line. Again, you look ...
'A very dangerous moment': Raskin sounds alarm on Trump’s ‘mass purge’ of government officials
Congressman Jamie Raskin reacts to Trump's purge of government officials at the FBI and Department of Justice, as well as recent reporting that Elon Musk's DOGE team has been given unprecedented ...
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Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home
"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch ...
Meet the Trump Budget Hawk Partnering With Musk’s DOGE
The Tesla leader is a big-picture thinker, while Russell Vought, the Office of Management and Budget pick, is an in-the-weeds ...
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As Trump imposed tariffs, Musk scored his biggest power-grab yet
The outgoing Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, imposing retaliatory tariffs of his own against the US on Saturday, ...
MAGA billionaire Musk’s company PAC gave money to 2 Dems running for N.J. governor
There’s also a political fundraising committee from Musk’s aerospace firm that has given thousands to other candidates from ...
Despite Elon Musk’s close ties to Trump, Tesla’s CFO admits the president’s tariffs plan would impact ‘business and profitability’
Even though CEO Elon Musk is in Trump’s inner circle, Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said Wednesday that the EV maker could be ...