Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday ahead of expected U.S.-Russia talks there on ending Moscow's war on Ukraine, though Kyiv's representatives are not expected to take part.
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken steps to close it. The agency now faces the prospect of being folded into the State Department under the direction of Marco Rubio, the secretary of state.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain the department’s plan to purchase $400 million in armored Tesla Cybertruck vehicles, calling out tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “glaring conflict of interests.
In assessing the current effort of Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reduce the U.S. Agency for International Development to perhaps just 300 or so officials handling
Critics believe that the agency directs too much American taxpayer money promoting progressive political causes and that much spending supports waste, fraud and corruption. Rubio acted after higher-ups at USAID were not forthcoming when the Trump administration and Musk’s DOGE commission sought information on agency spending.
Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Her reported column, Compass, delves into the decision-making of the global national security and foreign policy establishment — and the fallout that comes from it.
The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk floating the idea of drone strikes
The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as he has said he does.
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Musk’s blitzkrieg is unnerving many of Trump’s senior advisers
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Some Trump Officials Push Back Against Musk’s Ultimatum to Workers
Trump tells Musk: 'Get more aggressive.' Then came the DOGE emails.
President Donald Trump praised Elon Musk's efforts to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy and then called on him to do even more.
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Some US agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk's 'What did you do last week' email
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Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply
Defense Dept. publicly tells staff to ignore Elon Musk's 'what did you do last week' email
The Department of Defense is among several U.S. federal agencies pushing back against the email, which was sent out Saturday.
Elon Musk's "dual roles pose conflicts of interest so obvious that they hardly require explanation," Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in the letter obtained by CBS News.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a response from the U.S. State Department after reports surfaced about $400 million worth of contracts for armored vehicles produced by Tesla.
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