A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE from playing any role in dismantling USAID.
The decision comes just as the Trump administration is making a final push to effectively dissolve the agency tasked with administering foreign aid. Earlier on Friday, the State Department officially notified Congress of its plans to eliminate the agency, according to Democratic lawmakers. And a member of DOGE who is also deputy USAID administrator sent a memo to USAID personnel worldwide, announcing that the overwhelming majority of the agency’s employees will have their jobs cut on either July 1 or Sept. 2.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/appeals-court-clears-way-musk-001314678.html
🚨BREAKING: U.S. State Department officially notifies Congress that USAID is being shut down. pic.twitter.com/X6nd2s04co
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 28, 2025
🚨 #BREAKING: The U.S. State Department has announced they are CLOSING USAID, and told practically all remaining staffers they are FIRED
“All non-statutory positions at USAID will be eliminated.”
Rubio, Musk, and Trump were able to accomplish this by merging USAID with State… pic.twitter.com/n0e4awlZ7r
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 28, 2025