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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Elon Musk and DOGE ‘likely violated the Constitution’ by shutting down USAID, judge rules

Elon Musk’s attempts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency have “likely violated the Constitution in multiple ways,” according to a federal judge’s ruling.

District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks DOGE from access to any USAID systems and from doing “any work” related to shutting down the agency.

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