Foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to shut down as part of DOGE efforts
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A federal agency that focuses on fostering economic growth in developing countries is being effectively shut down as part of efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to reduce federal spending, sources told CNN.
A federal agency that focuses on fostering economic growth in developing countries is being effectively shut down as part of efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to reduce federal spending, sources told CNN. On Tuesday, the agency’s employees were notified via email that “there will soon be a significant reduction” in staff and programs – just a week after DOGE arrived at MCC, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source added that employees could be placed on administrative leave as soon as May 5. CNN has reached out to MCC and DOGE for comment. It is the Trump administration and DOGE’s latest attack on US foreign aid. The administration has moved to shutter the US Agency for International Development and has gone after the US Institute of Peace and the African Development Foundation, among others. Many of those efforts have faced lawsuits. The MCC, which was created by Congress in 2004, gives “time-limited grants” to dozens of developing countries, including Ukraine, El Salvador and Nepal, for infrastructure and policy reform. Similar to cuts at other federal agencies, the source told CNN that MCC employees have been offered the option of an early retirement incentive or a deferred resignation program, in which they will be placed on administrative leave and paid through September 30. Employees have until Tuesday to enroll in either program, according to two sources.
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