“This is bunk from Elon,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former USAID official who led the agency’s Ebola response during a 2014–2015 outbreak in West Africa. “They have laid off most of the experts, they’re bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

Thousands of USAID workers were being given a 15-minute window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces.

Elon Musk let slip that his Department of Government Efficiency accidentally canceled Ebola prevention when the tech billionaire cut funding to the United States Agency for International Development.

Elon Musk, after declaring the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) "beyond repair," claimed to have spent the weekend destroying representations of the agency. USAID, founded in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy, has historically ...

Elon Musk sent an email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead.

Elon Musk on Wednesday acknowledged that the U.S. DOGE Service “accidentally canceled” efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development to prevent the spread of Ebola — but the billionaire entrepreneur insisted that the initiative was quickly restored.

When DOGE was first announced, GOP lawmakers expected to be at the forefront. One month into Trump's presidency, they're largely in the backseat.

Elon Musk stood and defended himself at Trump's first Cabinet meeting, referring to himself and DOGE as “humble tech support."

Meanwhile, DOGE itself had just 42% of respondents seeing it favorably, while 38% had an unfavorable view, according to the survey. A separate question about Elon Musk personally showed that 42% of respondents saw him favorably while 52% had an unfavorable opinion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that federal employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired, attorneys for the workers said Monday in a lawsuit.