Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development were told the agency’s main building in Washington was closed on Monday and they should work from home. The email came early Monday morning, soon after tech mogul and President Donald Trump ally Elon Musk said he had spoken to the president, who agreed to close down the agency.

The fate of the US Agency for International Development appeared bleak Monday after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed off on shutting the agency down.

Democrats are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempt to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease