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Rubio, USAID and State Department

NBC News · 22h

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 consolidate power and slash funding.

USA Today · 2d

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 fiscal 2023.

UPI News on MSN · 2d

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 Development amid an "apocalyptic" shakeup, as Democratic lawmakers threatened to stall Trump nominees.

Panama rejects U.S. claim it dropped canal fees

The Washington Post on MSN · 6h

Panama rejects U.S. claim it dropped canal fees after Rubio visit

President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied a claim by the Trump administration that the Central American country had agreed to eliminate tolls for U.S. government ships using the Panama Canal, in an apparent setback to U.

Panama's leader rejects State Department claim of deal for U.S. warships to traverse Panama Canal for free

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on a falsity. And that's intolerable."

U.S. News & World Report · 8h

Panama President Decries U.S. 'Lies' About Canal Fees

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday accused the United States government of lying a day earlier when the U.S. State Department claimed that U.S. government vessels would be able to cross the country's namesake canal without paying fees.

2hon MSN

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 ...

17h

Transcript Shows Rubio Asking U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’

Speaking at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, the secretary of state called foreign aid “the least popular thing” that ...

44m

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 ...

6hon MSN

What Rubio told U.S. diplomats about the future of foreign aid, as most programs paused

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. diplomats behind closed doors about how foreign aid will be distributed by the Trump administration.

New Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Florida jumps into new role. What he's starting with

The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as America's 47th president, former U.S. senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, was ...

1hon MSN

Here's how Rubio's first trip abroad as top US diplomat got overshadowed by foreign policy at home

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...

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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 ...

Santa Rosa Press Democrat4h

Guatemala gives Marco Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from ...

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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 ...

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