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Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out

Democrats are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempt to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease

6:29AM ( 5 months ago )

Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers

The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk have moved to shutter an agency that provides crucial aid to fund education and fight starvation overseas, sparking a showdown with congressional Democrats who blasted the effort as illegal and vowed a court fight

6:29AM ( 5 months ago )

USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it

Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency

6:29AM ( 5 months ago )

Britain's Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky

Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minister to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago

5:59AM ( 5 months ago )

Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s polices, claiming a “massive” human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law

5:29AM ( 5 months ago )