Washington Week with The Atlantic

What's next from Trump's federal purge after USAID's closure

Season 2025 Episode 6 | 14m 49s

President Trump and Elon Musk are carrying out plans to purge thousands of employees from the federal government. Musk says USAID was fed “into the woodchipper," and the Trump administration has launched an attempt to neuter both the Federal Election Commission and the National Archives.

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