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Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID

Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID

Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.

USA Today · 1d

What is USAID? Marco Rubio is now acting administrator. 10 things to know

The U.S. Agency for International Development is the world's largest foreign aid agency, spending more than $40 billion in fiscal 2023.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department.

Musk, Trump and Rubio

Tampa Bay Times on MSN · 2d

Marco Rubio just got a new role thanks to Trump and Elon Musk

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is adding a new role to his portfolio: acting head of the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development. In recent days, Elon Musk, the ultrawealthy ally of President Donald Trump,

USA Today · 2d

What is USAID? Rubio takes over USAID as Trump and Musk work to dismantle it

What is USAID? Why are President Donald Trump and Elon Musk trying to shut it down. Here's what we know so far.

Houston Chronicle · 15h

Trump and Musk's dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy

Three weeks in, the change the Trump administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government on an unprecedented scale, dismantling longstanding programs, sparking widespread public outcry and challenging the very role of Congress to create the nation’s laws and pay its bills.

Elon Musk, USAID

Mashable on MSN · 2d

What is USAID and why is Elon Musk trying to kill it?

The group wasn't trying to enter the federal premises in a violent takeover, but rather act as a wall of defense between the government agency and a directive to cease the organization's work as a matter of fiduciary foresight. Later that afternoon, the USAID office shut down. The official USAID website is no longer available.

Newsweek on MSN · 8h

USAID Programs at Risk of Being Gutted by Elon Musk, and What They Cost

Foreign aid programs at risk of being cut by Trump and Musk represent a tiny fraction of overall federal spending.

CNN · 18h

Elon Musk is crowning himself technoking of the federal government

Back in August, as speculation about a potential Elon Musk cabinet position began swirling, I wrote that the notion was laughable because a) you can’t work on government matters that affect your own personal finances,

Secretary of State Rubio also tapped as acting head of embattled USAID’s ‘viper’s nest of radical left marxists’

My frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It’s a completely unresponsive agency,” Rubio said Monday.

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Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...

Marco Rubio takes helm of USAID after Musk vows to close agency

The agency is the world's biggest donor, dispensing billions in humanitarian aid and development funding annually.

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USAID tells employees to stay home hours after Elon Musk said it was going to be shut down

USAID on Monday told DC-based employees to work remotely. Elon Musk, who is leading DOGE, has vowed to shut down USAID.

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Trump, Musk, Rubio Entertain Sending U.S. Citizens to El Salvadorian Super Prison

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Marco Rubio seemed open to President Nayib Bukele's offer to send American prisoners to El Salvador.

Marco Rubio accuses USAID of misusing taxpayer dollars: 'Rank insubordination'

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday accused the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of ...

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Democrats focus on Elon Musk as they search for a message to fight Trump

The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and ...

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‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’

A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.

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