A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke for about an hour Wednesday morning a day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a social media post, Trump said the call was to “align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs” as he seeks to bring about a ceasefire between the two countries.
