Senior USAID Staff on Leave

Turmoil inside USAID: DOGE reps take over offices, senior officials placed on leave
Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices.
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after attempting to refuse 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,
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave Saturday after they tried to prevent employees from the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing secure USAID systems,
Two top security officials at USAID placed on leave, sources say
USAID Director for Security John Vorhees and Deputy Director for Security Brian McGill were put on leave last night, two sources confirmed to CBS News.
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk’s team from taking classified information
A former official says members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — known as DOGE — eventually did gain access Saturday to the agency’s classified information, which includes intelligence reports.
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Mu
Senior USAID Staff on Leave After Clash With Musk’s DOGE Team
Senior security staff at the US Agency for International Development were put on leave after refusing to allow Elon Musk’s DOGE team to access classified systems, people familiar with the matter said,
Elon Musk's DOGE team attempt takeover of USAID
Elon Musk and his allies in the federal government are at it again — this time, taking aim at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). According to a CNN report, the chaos kicked off late Saturday night when two senior USAID officials refused to let Musk-linked personnel access the agency’s offices,
USAID officials at loggerheads with Elon Musk's DOGE over system access, sent on leave
The security officials contended that the DOGE staff lacked the clearances required to see the information, making them legally obligated to deny access.
USAID officials put on leave 'after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified intel'
Musk on Sunday responded to an X post about the news by saying, "USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die."

USAID, Musk and Trump

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Musk on USAID: ‘Time for it to die’
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USAID Website Goes Dark Amid Trump Aid Freeze
Confusion is rife after Trump signed the Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid executive order freezing ...
USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of ...
Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave
An email to the aid agency’s employees cited actions “that appear to be designed to circumvent” an executive order by ...
Musk says shutting down USAID in government efficiency drive
By David Shepardson and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Republican Lawmaker Addresses Reports USAID Will Fold Into State Dept
House Foreign Affairs chairman Brian Mast said he'd like to see USAID move closer to the State Department in a push for "appropriate command and control." ...