Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

Nearly 30 career staff in the agency's Legislative and Public Affairs bureau lost access overnight to their emails, the sources said, bringing the total number of senior USAID career staff who have been put on leave over the past week close to 100.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)'s website has gone offline after President Donald Trump halted U.S. billions of dollars of foreign aid, although it is not clear whether the two are linked.