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Why does Musk want USAID 'to die'? And why did its website disappear?
(NPR) It's been a tumultuous weekend for USAID — the U.S. Agency for International Development. On Saturday sometime after 3 a.m., its website went down, according to the Internet Archive, a nonprofit group that tracks web pages.
Some browsers display the error message: "This site can't be reached. Check if there is a typo in www.usaid.gov."
The agency's account on X (formerly Twitter) has also been deleted.
Early Monday morning, Elon Musk, speaking during a live "Space" conversation on X, said his Department of Government Efficiency is in the process of "shutting down USAID."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/02/g-s1-46007/usaid-web-site-trump-state-department
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