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USAID to Shut Down
A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. AP Photo/Fernando Vergara
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2/3/2025|Updated: 2/3/2025
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Officials are shutting down a federal agency called the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with President Donald Trump’s blessing, Elon Musk said today.
“He agreed we should shut it down,” Musk said during a live session on the social media platform X, after saying he had spoken with Trump about the agency.
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