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 ...
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 ...
USAID staffers stunned, angered by Trump admin's DOGE shutdown of $40B agency
Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development were stunned and angered on Monday after President Donald Trump and cost cutter Elon Musk shut down the $40 billion agency.
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.
Questions about USAID’s future complicate Trump’s dealings with Iran
The Trump administration’s move to overhaul the agency could tie into a memorandum he issued announcing the U.S. would “impose maximum pressure” on Iran.
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Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
As the Trump administration moved to pause foreign aid, Republicans repeated a misleading claim that as little as 10% of foreign aid from a key agency goes to help people in need.
USAID has 'demonstrated pattern of obstructionism,' claims top DOGE Republican in letter to Rubio
Iowa, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio about how USAID has stonewalled her oversight efforts for years as she seeks to bring accountability to the foreign aid agency.
Rubio says spending billions on foreign aid is gift to adversaries and 'insubordination' forced mass USAID leave notice
Rubio says spending billions on foreign aid is gift to adversaries and 'insubordination' forced mass USAID leave notice.