6 days ago · Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, has since launched a sweeping effort to cut trillions in government spending. USAID is one of his latest targets. Musk has...

Feb 3, 2025 · Later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was now the acting administrator of USAID — which has long been an independent body — and that a "review" is underway aimed at the agency's "...

Feb 4, 2025 · A former USAID official hit back at Rubio and Trump, saying the organisation represented "the best and brightest that the American government has to offer".

Feb 3, 2025 · Washington — President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have set their sights on the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, overseeing a disruption of the more than 60-year-old...

Feb 3, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday morning that he would be taking over as acting administrator for USAID, the news coming after Elon Musk claimed that President Donald Trump had...

Feb 3, 2025 · The news came hours after Elon Musk, ... Rubio claimed his “frustration with USAID” went back to his time in Congress. In 2017, the former senator defended the importance of foreign assistance.

Feb 3, 2025 · WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has empowered a top official at the State Department to run the U.S. Agency for International Development and begin reviewing all of the work done by...

Feb 3, 2025 · Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said Monday that Trump had "agreed" to "shut" USAID down. Musk railed against the agency over the weekend, ... State of play: The State Department announced Monday that Rubio had been appointed as USAID's new the acting administrator. In a letter to lawmakers from both parties Monday, ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Agency in crisis: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said Monday that he was now the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal humanitarian aid agency...

Feb 3, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that he had taken over as acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, assuming control of an agency that had functioned ...