Appeals Court Clears Way For Doge To Keep Operating At Usaid

A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Even before the ruling, the Trump administration on Friday took some of the last remaining steps in breaking up USAID.

A Musk associate told staffers that by September the Trump administration will have eliminated 'substantially all" USAID jobs. The firing emails began reaching staffers' inboxes within minutes of the announcement from Jeremy Lewin, a former member of Musk's DOGE team, who was given senior duties at the agency this month.

The administration's aim is to eliminate the agency's "independent operation" by September, Lewin wrote staffers in the notice, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

In a separate notice, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration had formally notified Congress on Friday of its plans to cut most USAID programs and move surviving functions under the State Department.