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Title: USAID Website Goes Dark As Trump Reportedly Plans To Shift Agency Under State Department
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political ... -agency-under-state-department
Published: Feb 2, 2025
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2025-02-02 20:38:13 by Horse
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The website of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) went offline Saturday evening amid reports that the Trump administration was preparing to curtail USAID's independence by placing it under the direct oversight of the State Department. An error message on USAID's website read: "This site can't be reached Check if there is a typo in www.usaid.gov. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN." USAID's X account was also taken offline. Two sources familiar with the transition told Reuters that a major overhaul is expected in how Washington allocates US foreign aid, with USAID losing its independence and most likely coming under the control of the State Department. By late Saturday, a new 'lite' page for USAID appeared on the State Department's website. "Trump's been purging and intimidating USAID employees. Now there's a rumor he'll dissolve USAID as an independent agency," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X on Friday. Trump has made it very clear to Democrats and their Deep State counterparts that flooding taxpayer dollars into shady NGOs would be coming to an end under his 'America First' agenda. Last week... Monday Afternoon Massacre": USAID Employees Placed On Leave For Allegedly Circumventing Trump's Orders Last month, the Trump administration froze nearly all foreign aid programs amid efforts to overhaul the distribution of that aid. A post from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) account on X clarified that USAID went on a woke spending spree in third-world countries... Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE USAID spends $40B+ of taxpayer dollars to fund foreign aid: - $45mm to DEI scholarships in Burma - $520mm for consultant-driven ESG investments in Africa - $1.2bn in awards to undisclosed recipients 
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