Elon Musk's cost-cutting team is finalizing plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and intends to fire thousands of local workers, U.S. diplomats, and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, according to two former senior USAID officials.
The Congress, on Friday, was informed that nearly all USAID employees would be fired by September, with all of its overseas offices closed and some functions transferred to the State Department. The move is part of Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce federal spending waste, fraud and abuse.
