Musk, USAID and DOGE

USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
Members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency eventually did gain access Saturday to the aid agency’s classified information, which includes intelligence reports, the former official said.
Elon Musk's DOGE team attempt takeover of USAID
Musk, CEO of X (formerly Twitter), has been on a posting spree, using his platform to justify and denigrate his takeover of USAID. He’s called the agency " evil ," a " criminal organization ," and a "viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America."
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency,
Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems
Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a post on Bluesky on Saturday that sources told his office Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Musk’s team,
USAID security officials put on leave and faced arrest after refusing access for Elon Musk
Two senior security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were threatened with arrest and then put on leave after refusing to let Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access systems at the agency.
Elon Musk's DOGE gains access to Treasury Department’s payments system: NYT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency complete access to the federal payment system late on Friday, The New York Times reported Saturday,
Germany’s far-right AfD party is obsessed with Trump and Musk
You have to make a decision. Do you want to have the party of [Chancellor] Olaf Scholz and all those eunuchs? Or are you on ...
Trump reportedly wants some space from Elon Musk. He may have found a solution.
Ali Velshi explains how, amid reports of tension between Trump and Elon Musk, the president seemed to suggest sending the ...
More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency
The Trump administration over the weekend put on administrative leave dozens more staff at U.S. Agency for International ...
Many Republicans Stay Quiet as Trump Orders Hefty Tariffs
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was among the few Republicans to voice opposition to the tariffs that would take effect on ...
Elon Musk Responds to Reports Susie Wiles Is Limiting Access to Trump
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has responded to reports that President Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles has limited his ...
Space on MSN3d
Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home
"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch ...
Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff ...
Meet the Trump Budget Hawk Partnering With Musk’s DOGE
The Tesla leader is a big-picture thinker, while Russell Vought, the Office of Management and Budget pick, is an in-the-weeds ...