USAID shut down, staffers locked out of HQ

WASHINGTON: Staffers of the

US Agency for International Development

were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed to shut the agency.
USAID staffers said they also tracked over 600 staff who reported being locked out of the agency's computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received emails saying that "at the direction of agency leadership", the HQ building "will be closed to agency personnel on Monday, Feb 3." Later, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he has been made "acting director of USAID" and that he would stop its "insubordination" to Trump's agenda.