The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.

Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.

USAID programs include things like vaccination initiatives, which can help prevent the spread of diseases, but critics claim the spending is wasteful.

In an unprecedented flexing of the power of the executive branch, unelected billionaire Elon Musk is shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Before employees were locked out of the agency's headquarters on Monday morning, Elon Musk claimed that Donald Trump agreed to 'shut down' the U.S. Agency for International Development, which provides

Former USAID head of global health Atul Gawande joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Elon Musk's claim that President Donald Trump fully supports shutting down the agency.

U.S. Agency for International Development employees based out of the nation's capital were ordered overnight not to come into the office Monday and to work from home.