2 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a staunch supporter of its mission while in the US Senate, reversing his ...

6 hours ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio was once a longtime supporter of the recently gutted U.S. Agency for International Development. You wouldn’t know that from his early days as USAID’s acting ...

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 ...

4 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being put in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump administration mulls the future of the agency. Rubio told reporters trave…

1 day 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 ...

4 days ago · As an interim step toward gaining control and better understanding over the agency’s activity, President Donald J. Trump appointed Secretary Marco Rubio as Acting Administrator. Secretary Rubio has also now notified Congress that a review of USAID’s foreign assistance activities is underway with an eye towards potential reorganization.

4 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today that he is now the acting director of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Rubio said that the agency needs to align ...

4 days ago · The most dramatic was naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting administrator of USAID. Rubio — who was traveling in El Salvador — told reporters that his new role did not mean USAID was ...

4 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the U.S. Agency for International Development has been rolled into the State Department, with Rubio now its acting director as a result of some legally questionable maneuvers. “I’m the acting director of USAID,” he said. “I’ve delegated that ...

3 days ago · Former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appointed acting administrator of USAID. Trump appointed former Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is now the U.S. secretary of state, acting administrator of USAID. Rubio has notified Congress a review of USAID’s foreign assistance activities is underway with an eye toward potential reorganization.