It sure looks like it.
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.”
On Sunday, Musk wrote on X that USAID is a “criminal organization.”
“It needs to die,” he wrote. AP reported that workers at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were denied access to confidential documents at USAID on Saturday and that the Trump Administration subsequently put on leave the two USAID security officials who refused to grant access.
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A Well-Established Vetting Problem
USAID has long struggled to ensure taxpayer cash goes to its intended use. A 2024 inspector general report, for example, found that the agency had issues combating “corruption, abuse, and fraud.”
“One of USAID’s foremost challenges is ensuring U.S. taxpayer funds are used effectively, efficiently, and for their intended purposes,” the report said. “However, corruption, fraud, and sexual exploitation and abuse undermine the effectiveness of aid, erode public trust, and impede sustainable development.”
The agency also came under fire last year for failing to “prevent the diversion of assistance to Hamas and other terrorist organizations,” according to the report. In one case, a Syrian national diverted $9 million in USAID funds to an affiliate of the al Qaeda terror group.
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