12 hours ago · The impact of false conspiracy theories on USAID — whether they have directly shaped Musk’s actions at the agency or provided a convenient justification — is already being felt.

10 hours ago · Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

10 hours ago · Some conspiracy theories even alleged that the global humanitarian programs were a cover for biowarfare research or that USAID’s funding enriched a few elites who control the world, but those ...

4 days ago · USAID said it also worked with dozens of countries on climate change mitigation efforts last year and mobilized $16.7 billion in outside funding on climate change, while Trump has broadly tried to ...

4 hours ago · Musk, who is running point on Donald Trump’s efforts to unmask and destroy this internal conspiracy, claimed on X, “USAID was a viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America ...

1 day ago · Now Trump is boosting a bogus MAGA conspiracy theory about USAID funding Politico. Trump jumped on board the false claim that the USAID had been propping up Politico and other media outlets ...

The far right, including Elon Musk, are pushing a conspiracy theory that the U.S. Agency for International Development secretly funds several mainstream media outlets, including Politico, the ...

2 days ago · White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, responding Wednesday to a question about a right-wing conspiracy theory, announced that the federal government would cancel $8 million worth of ...

1 day ago · Still, the payments stoked conspiracy theories that reached Trump officials and other conservative voices. Elon Musk, the head of a team seeking to cut government spending, said on Wednesday that ...

5 days ago · Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid. Elon Musk has...