Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.
On at least 12 occasions over more than a decade, Rubio praised USAID’s work, from hurricane relief to battling infectious diseases to aiding refugees.
Rubio: US walking away from ‘foreign aid that is dumb’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States is walking away from “dumb” foreign aid, not from foreign aid ...
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of ...
Rubio named acting director of another US government agency: report
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assumed another role in the Trump administration, acting director of the U.S. Archives. He is ...
Marco Rubio’s new undersecretary is extreme even by MAGA standards
The Rubio-led State Department was supposed to represent a “moderate” side of MAGA. Darren Beattie's appointment makes a ...
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It’s not just USAID. Marco Rubio needs to reset the State Department
Rubio must ensure diplomats support U.S. allies and prioritize U.S. interests over ambassadors’ desire for smooth tenures and good relations with their hosts.
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 ...
USAID to merge with State Department in 'apocalyptic' shakeup; Rubio now acting director
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday he is acting director of the United States Agency for International ...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Israel, Arab states in mid-February
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will pay his first visit to the Middle East this month, a senior State ...
Rubio defends right-wing ideologue tapped for senior State Department job
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended a right-wing ideologue with a history of inflammatory comments on ...
Fight over USAID underscores fracturing of bipartisan China-hawk stance in Washington
The increasingly bitter fight over the United States Agency for International Development is testing Washington's bipartisan ...