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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Thalia Beaty

Staffers at a small overseas investment agency deny DOGE building access, suit says

Congress Trump DOGE - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The president of a small federal agency that supports investment in African countries sued on Thursday to block the Trump administration from shutting it down.

Ward Brehm, the president and CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation, said in a complaint that he directed his staff on Wednesday to deny building entry to staffers from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Pete Marocco, the deputy administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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