DOGE, USAID and Elon Musk

Turmoil inside USAID: DOGE reps take over offices, senior officials placed on leave
Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices.
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after attempting to refuse 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,
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 Government Efficiency from accessing secure USAID systems,
Two top security officials at USAID placed on leave, sources say
USAID Director for Security John Vorhees and Deputy Director for Security Brian McGill were put on leave last night, two sources confirmed to CBS News.
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk’s team from taking classified information
A former official says members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — known as DOGE — eventually did gain access Saturday to the agency’s classified information, which includes intelligence reports.
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 in restricted areas to Elon Mu
USAID officials at loggerheads with Elon Musk's DOGE over system access, sent on leave
The security officials contended that the DOGE staff lacked the clearances required to see the information, making them legally obligated to deny access.

More USAID staff ousted

Trump and allies make more moves to wrest control of USAID
The move by the Trump administration comes as billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, the world’s ...
Trump: USAID ‘run by a bunch of radical lunatics’ after reports of merger with State Department
President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics'
Senate Democratic leaders took an early victory lap on Wednesday afternoon following the White House's decision to rescind ...
Musk on USAID: ‘Time for it to die’
His statement comes as signs increasingly point to the Trump administration folding the development aid agency into the State ...
Musk says shutting down USAID in government efficiency drive
By David Shepardson and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump ...
A career official tried to undo Trump’s purge at USAID. He was then purged, too.
A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign ...
Musk brands USAID 'criminal' as civil service scrutiny grows
Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, sparking fear ...
Republican Lawmaker Addresses Reports USAID Will Fold Into State Dept
House Foreign Affairs chairman Brian Mast said he'd like to see USAID move closer to the State Department in a push for "appropriate command and control." ...