DOGE shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp aid agency, staff told

US President Trump and adviser Musk seek to shut down the MCC as part of efforts to shrink the federal government, calling US taxpayer spending wasteful.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is ending the work of a US aid agency launched by Republican former President George W. Bush to reduce poverty and promote economic growth around the world, according to a recording of a staff meeting and an email to staff seen by Reuters.