The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.

U.S. President Donald Trump'sadministration is considering merging the U.S. international aid agency (USAID) into the State Department in a major revamp that would shrink its workforce and align its spending with Trump's "America First" policy.

Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.

USAID programs include things like vaccination initiatives, which can help prevent the spread of diseases, but critics claim the spending is wasteful.

In an unprecedented flexing of the power of the executive branch, unelected billionaire Elon Musk is shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Elon Musk said the Trump administration would close the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as employees were told to stay home on Monday amid uncertainty about its future. The billionaire Trump adviser's comments came amid turmoil after two top security officials were placed on leave.

Musk’s social media discussion on the Department of Government Efficiency included Vivek Ramaswamy along with Senators Joni Ernst and Mike Lee.

Equipment and supplies for the Urban Search and Rescue team from Fairfax, Virginia, and USAID to help in support operations for victims of the earthquake in Turkey are loaded onto a transport plane at Dover Air Force Base,