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Rubio says he's acting director of USAID

Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID

Elon Musk said in the early hours Monday that he and President Donald Trump are shutting down the agency, which serves as the U.S. government’s main international humanitarian and development arm.

Fox News · 8h

Former USAID official warns Elon Musk's push to shut down the agency is 'dangerous'

Former USAID head of global health Atul Gawande joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Elon Musk's claim that President Donald Trump fully supports shutting down the agency.

USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

Rubio says he's acting director of USAID as Elon Musk moves to shut it down

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is feeding the Washington foreign aid agency "into the wood chipper" as part of an effort to slash federal spending.

Musk, Trump and USAID

CNN on MSN · 1h

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

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.

FOX News on MSN · 1h

Omar slams Trump, Musk for changes at USAID, accuses president of running dictatorship

Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Monday and called out President Trump and Elon Musk for attempting to dismantle the agency.

Hosted on MSN · 2h

What is USAID? And why do Trump and Musk want to end it?

In its first two weeks, President Trump's administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

USAID, Marco Rubio

HuffPost on MSN · 24m

Marco Rubio Accuses USAID Of ‘Insubordination,’ Claims He’s Now In Charge

At the same time Rubio claimed to be in charge of the agency, upwards of 1,000 USAID employees overseas were abruptly cut off from their government-provided equipment, according to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.

Boise State Public Radio · 3h

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces he's the acting director of USAID

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he's now acting director of the United States Agency for International Development and said it needs to align with an "America first" foreign policy agenda.

Yahoo · 3h

Marco Rubio taking over as acting head of USAID amid agency turmoil

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being put in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump administration mulls the future of the agency. Rubio told reporters traveling with him in El Salvador that he had been made acting director of USAID,

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Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID, legal experts say

Donald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority ...

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Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out

The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development ...

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USAID website goes offline in Trump administration's 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide

USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration's two-week-old funding freeze of U.S.

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The beginnings of USAID can be traced to a famine in Belgium

Americans usually overestimate the amount of money that goes to foreign aid, pinning it between 8 and 25 percent of ...

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What is USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development?

Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...

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Behind DOGE’s Standoff at USAID: Desk Searches and Elon Musk Calling

Young staffers from Musk’s government-efficiency initiative gained access to sensitive information to cap a weeklong effort ...

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Democratic lawmakers are blocked from entering USAID offices to talk to workers, say unwinding the aid agency is illegal

Democratic lawmakers are blocked from entering USAID offices to talk to workers, say unwinding the aid agency is illegal.

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Live updates: Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico; Elon Musk says USAID to be shut down

The U.S. Agency for International Development is at the center of a political firestorm after the Trump administration ...

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