Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules

The federal judge ordered the government to reinstate U.S. Agency for International Development systems, saying DOGE likely violated the constitution in multiple ways.

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A federal judge has ruled that the abrupt shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the leadership of Elon Musk "likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways," ordering the government to restore the agency’s systems immediately.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Ch…