The BBC’s finances came under scrutiny in early February after Musk shared a post that said USAID funds the broadcaster. Its charity wing BBC Media Action, which received funds from USAID and other donors, is independently funded and editorially separate from BBC News, a BBC Media Action spokesperson told Reuters.

USAID and George Soros' Open Society Foundations fund a news outlet that attacks conservatives and sparked the first Trump impeachment.

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Democrats claiming they “can’t hide” from the USAID scandal.

Podcast host Joe Rogan complimented Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for exposing alleged examples of government waste at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The judge stressed his order was not a decision on the employees' request to roll back the administration’s swiftly moving destruction of the agency.

A U.S. judge will consider on Friday whether to temporarily block the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development and carrying out plans to put thousands of its workers globally on administrative leave at midnight.

The judge temporarily barred USAID from putting 2,200 workers on paid leave after employee groups filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s authority to shut down the agency.