Musk’s DOGE Orders FTC Staff to Move to USAID Offices

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC, earlier in Feb. Photographer: Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg

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By Leah Nylen

February 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM UTC

Updated on

February 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM UTC

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Staff at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington were told Wednesday that they must leave their current offices in the coming months and move into the building being vacated by the US Agency for International Development, according to people familiar with the matter.

The surprise order, the people said, came from the Department of Government Efficiency, the Elon Musk-led team that President Donald Trump has charged with shrinking the federal workforce.