Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stand in contrast to his ...
6 days ago · Rubio’s most recent comments directly contradict years of support and praise he has directed toward USAID, including a tweet he posted in February 2017 that said, “Foreign Aid is not charity ...
Marco Rubio taking over as acting head of USAID amid agency …
Feb 3, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump administration mulls USAID's future, including moving it to the State...
Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, …
3 days ago · Rubio’s change of message — from repeatedly praising USAID’s value to the U.S. and the world from 2012 to 2023, to saying it’s a danger to U.S. foreign policy in 2025 and abolishing most ...
Forced leaves start for thousands at USAID under a Trump plan to …
3 days ago · U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center right, walks with Edwin F. Lopez, the attaché for DHS Homeland Security Investigations, as they walk toward a Venezuelan government airplane that Rubio announced the U.S. is seizing at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces he's the acting director of USAID
Feb 3, 2025 · 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...
USAID: Rubio says he’s acting director as humanitarian agency is …
Feb 3, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the...
Ambassador Tells Rubio U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Would Cause ‘Major …
4 days ago · On Jan. 20, Mr. Trump signed an executive order halting foreign aid as his major foreign policy action, and Mr. Rubio has said officials will do a 90-day review of all such aid.
Marco Rubio Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’
5 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on ...
Marco Rubio Says He Now Runs U.S.A.I.D. as Staff Are Blocked …
Feb 3, 2025 · Mr. Rubio added that the review might include “the suspension or elimination” of programs, projects, missions, bureaus, centers and offices, and that the U.S.A.I.D. “may be abolished ...
Rubio says it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad
5 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials that it was "not our intention" to uproot USAID staffers working abroad, despite the agency mandating their return.