Rubio, USAID and Trump

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 heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is USAID? Rubio takes over USAID as Trump and Musk work to dismantle it
What is USAID? Why are President Donald Trump and Elon Musk trying to shut it down. Here's what we know so far.
Rubio accuses USAID of ‘rank insubordination’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called out the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday for what he called “rank insubordination,” adding that the agency and its procedures need an overhaul.
Rubio says 'no choice' but to bring USAID 'under control' after agency takeover: 'rank insubordination'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, sounded off on USAID's "rank insubordination" shortly after proclaiming himself head of the embattled agency.
Rubio Says US Identifying USAID Programs to Be Exempted From Shutdown
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the Trump administration was reaching out to U.S. Agency for International Development missions overseas to identify and designate programs that will be exempted from the sweeping stop-work orders.
Rubio says it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad
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.
Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praising President Donald Trump’s widely panned proposal for the United States to take
Rubio Says ‘Insubordination’ Inside USAID Forced Sweeping Action
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had to take a hardline approach toward the US Agency for International Development because of resistance and “insubordination” by some of its staff toward efforts to conduct a more orderly review of its global programs.
Rubio blames ‘insubordination’ at USAID for major upheaval at development agency
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the original plan was to keep the U.S. Agency for International Development running while officials reviewed how money was being spent.
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
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 State Department.
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 ...
Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stand in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...
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 ...
What is USAID? Marco Rubio is now acting administrator. 10 things to know
The U.S. Agency for International Development is the world's largest foreign aid agency, spending more than $40 billion in ...
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Rubio asks for ‘trust’ from USAID mission while agency is gutted
Speaking at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States isn’t “walking away from ...
USAID has 'demonstrated pattern of obstructionism,' claims top DOGE Republican in letter to Rubio
Iowa, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio about how USAID has stonewalled her oversight efforts for years as she seeks to ...
How USAID Became a Conservative Bogeyman
Project 2025, the conservative governing playbook produced by veterans of the first Trump administration, has an entire ...
Secretary of State Rubio also tapped as acting head of embattled USAID’s ‘viper’s nest of radical left marxists’
My frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It’s a completely unresponsive agency,” Rubio said Monday.