As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come under an intense new spotlight.

President Donald Trump froze funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put thousands of employees on leave as part of a government efficiency initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk.

Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror on Wednesday to a legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon Musk shut down the United States Agency for International Development.

Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates expressed concerns about the potential dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), challenging Americans to examine whether shuttering the agency aligns with their values.

The United States Agency for International Development has long been a target for conservative critics who say it spends wastefully and promotes progressive ideas that contradict American

The White House has fired Paul Martin, the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Martin’s abrupt termination on Tuesday came a day after his office warned in a scathing report that moves by Trump and Elon Musk to defund USAID have put nearly $500 million worth of food aid at risk of spoilage,

USAID faced its biggest cuts yet on Sunday after the Trump administration announced it was firing thousands of workers and placing others on administrative leave. At least 2000 U.S.-based positions at the U.

Elon Musk shut the USAID headquarters down last week until further notice, prompting the lawsuit from employees whose jobs hang in the balance.

President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have suggested without evidence that officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development may have siphoned off taxpayer money for themselves, echoing false social media claims about the former administrator’s net worth.

A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs abroad this week, without required documentation or justification,