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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 ...
How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump’s Gaza plan
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...
Forced leaves start for thousands at USAID under a Trump plan to gut the foreign aid agency
Forced leaves pulling all but a fraction of staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development off the job around the ...
Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “humanitarian waiver” for USAID programs is failing lifesaving programs amid the chaos of ...
Secretary Of State Marco Rubio says US identifying USAID programs to be exempted from shutdown
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration is reaching out to USAID missions abroad to ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists55m
How the shutdown of USAID will hurt Americans and empower foreign adversaries
Even if programs are allowed to resume after the 90-day freeze, much of the damage—not just to the recipients of USAID ...
Catholic News Agency21h
Rubio says State Department will exempt select USAID programs from freeze
The secretary of state also said the State Department has reached out to USAID officials to help determine these exemptions.
Federal Workers Sue Trump Over USAID: 'Unconstitutional and Illegal'
The lawsuit said Trump's efforts to "systematically" dismantle USAID "generated a global humanitarian crisis." ...
Jefferson Public Radio15h
USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt 'unconstitutional and illegal' cuts
After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions ...
KALW15h
USAID cut dramatically as officials address 'stunning and irresponsible' changes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel as USAID staff in the U.S. and overseas rush to ...
Rubio says it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad
Photo by MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials in Guatemala this ...
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Devex Newswire: Trump gets rid of over 95% of USAID staff
The purge leaves just 78 people in the Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, 77 in the Global Health Bureau, and smaller numbers in various regional offices including only 12 people to oversee Africa. Plus, ...