Trump came back to the presidency last month pledging to reduce the size of the federal government, and appointed Elon Musk to lead the effort at the helm of the newly created Department of Government ...

From Day 1, the Trump team has issued a series of orders and statements aimed at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

A reporter confronted Trump with a new Time magazine cover featuring Elon Musk "at your Resolute Desk" — drawing a curious quip from Trump.

In another week of successes and failures, the Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to shut down USAID while ...

President Donald Trump has sown alarm worldwide by moving to close down USAID, which distributes more foreign aid than any other organization.

Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the ...

Forced leaves began in Washington and worldwide Friday for most employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, as federal workers associations turned to the courts to try to roll back ...

Democrats in Congress say it would be unconstitutional for Trump to shut down government agencies without the greenlight from ...

A USAID worker speaks out about the chaos caused by Musk’s war on the agency — and the human suffering it will cause in Sudan and Africa ...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) joins Andrea Mitchell to react to the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government, plus their efforts to halt global humanitarian aid from USAID ...

US President Donald Trump’s cuts to foreign aid could be a “strategic mistake”, the Foreign Secretary has warned. The Trump ...

Numerous Republican-led states are seeking to implement measures to slash the size and cost of state governments in an effort ...