USAID, the humanitarian agency, has long been a target of criticism that its aid programs masked nation-meddling and overspent American tax dollars abroad. Now Elon Musk has boosted that criticism.

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A judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration from putting over 2,000 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave, part of a gambit to shut down the aid agency—the latest in a slew of legal actions as Democrats and others fight President Donald Trump and cost-cutter czar Elon Musk in court.

Judge Carl Nichols blocked Donald Trump and Elon Musk's attempted USAID shutdown days after the American Foreign Service Association filed a lawsuit.

Former USAID administrators say that President Trump and Elon Musk are destroying the agency to “the detriment of all Americans.” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof joins Chris Jansing to share his thoughts on the move and the impact it will have on the U.

The Trump administration has said USAID is wasting money and needs to align with its policy priorities. Some of the agency's functions could be carried out by the State Department. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID's leadership of "insubordination" and said he was now the agency's acting head.

Remaining workers would oversee the limited life-saving programs the Trump administration intends to continue for the time being.