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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it
As a U.S. senator, Marco Rubio supported foreign aid and praised the U.S. Agency for International Development, aka USAID. Since he became secretary of state and USAID’s acting ...
USAID families have their lives upended by Trump move to shut agency
The Trump administration's abrupt move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has upended the ...
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
Most of the remaining money is distributed through organizations and companies that operate internationally — including some ...
Ending USAID programs could undercut Trump's goal of slashing migration to the U.S., groups say
In Colombia and Haiti, U.S. money has provided tools for farming and fishing and given incentives for people to stay in those ...
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.
Federal workers sue to stop USAID's dismantling and the cutting of its workforce from 10,000 to 300 staff
USAID faces a slashing of its workforce to 290 employees. A lawsuit filed Thursday seeks injunctive relief to halt the cuts.
Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct hires and contractors.
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 ...