White House move to dismantle USAID sets off showdown with Democrats

Congressional Democrats are protesting President Donald Trump’s efforts to shutter a federal humanitarian aid agency, calling the move illegal as Republicans give the new administration leeway.

Democrats attempted to enter the closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday, only to be denied entry as X CEO Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Governmental Efficiency, works to dissolve it into the State Department.