Secretary of State Marco Rubio is adding a new role to his portfolio: acting head of the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development. In recent days, Elon Musk, the ultrawealthy ally of ...

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Protesters gathered outside the USAID building in Washington, D.C., after Donald Trump and Elon Musk vowed to shut the agency down.

The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving ...

The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government ...

At the same time Rubio claimed to be in charge of the agency, upwards of 1,000 USAID employees overseas were abruptly cut off from their government-provided equipment, according to independent ...

Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to ...

What is USAID? Why are President Donald Trump and Elon Musk trying to shut it down. Here's what we know so far.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain the department’s plan to purchase $400 ...

Top Treasury officials have complained about disruption. The secretary of state has pushed back on staff cuts. Inside the ...

Elon Musk's "dual roles pose conflicts of interest so obvious that they hardly require explanation," Sen. Richard Blumenthal ...

President Donald Trump’s week included rewriting U.S. policy toward Russia and firing the country's senior military officer.