DOGE’s USAID takeover likely violated Constitution, judge says
Tuesday, March 18 The Trump administration is working overtime to chip away at our democratic freedoms. Help support our pro-democracy news outlet as we strive to hold Trump accountable — become a premium member for $120/year and join us in the fight for a stronger, more transparent democracy. DOGE’s USAID takeover likely violated the Constitution Allowing Elon Musk to oversee the Trump administration’s attempted takeover of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) “likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways,” a federal judge in Maryland determined . Judge Theodore Chuang rebuked Musk and DOGE for violating Congress’s constitutional authority to appropriate funds and create or shut down federal agencies. Almost 25K federal workers reinstated, Trump administration says The Trump administration reported in new court filings that nearly 25,000 fired probationary federal employees have been reinstated following a...