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Carla St. Louis

USAID Staff Ordered To Stay Home Monday As Trump Eyes Closing Agency

The Federal Triangle Metro station at the Wilson Plaza and Ronald Reagan Building where The U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Environmental Protection Agency have their headquarters in Washington, DC. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers were reportedly told not to report to work on Monday after Elon Musk claimed that President Donald Trump agreed with him to shut down the agency.

At least 600 personnel said they were locked out of the USAID's database overnight while staffers with access received emails that said headquarters "will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3," the Associated Press reported.

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