{
  "id": 4802363,
  "title": "How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily | Jeremiah A Carew",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/how-misconceptions-and-woeful-pr-allowed-musk-to-shred-usaid-so-4802363",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:00:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/01/how-misconceptions-and-woeful-pr-allowed-musk-to-shred-usaid-so-easily"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa A year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself “Why us?” I have come to the conclusion that the American public had very little idea of what we were doing and why. Doge, the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}