Musk has been granted power by the president to reduce the size of the federal government - but is he silently taking over?

Elon Musk and his allies have spent the last two weeks barreling full speed into multiple government agencies, causing confusion and chaos and raising questions about whether an unelected businessman can wield this kind of authority,

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is feeding the Washington foreign aid agency "into the wood chipper" as part of an effort to slash federal spending.

Over 600 employees were denied access to the USAID system overnight on Monday, and federal workers were instructed to stay out of the USAID Washington headquarters,

Musk suggested on his social-media platform X that he wanted to close down the agency entirely—and USAID’s X profile was taken down. Here’s what to know about USAID: What is