USAID web site shut down as Musk kills humanitarian support company

As DOGE head Elon Musk works to close down the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth, USAID’s official web site has gone darkish.

Following Musk’s threats to kill the workplace answerable for distributing international support — together with humanitarian allotments — Musk formally introduced on Monday that President Trump had signed off on his so-called cost-cutting measures involving the company, instantly shutting down the workplace and reportedly instructing safety officers to cease federal staff from coming into the premises.

Not lengthy earlier than USAID’s finish, and in what seems to be the brand new technique of the Trump administration, the company’s web site was pulled. It now serves guests with a discover that the server is unable to load. On the time, authorities staff and Democratic lawmakers expressed concern, as people had been redirected to a State Division webpage merely summarizing USAID’s work.

Beforehand, the administration pulled web sites for the shelved Workplace for Gun Violence Prevention and a number of pages making referencing to LGBTQ (particularly transgender) assets and Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion (DEI) applications.