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 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 ...

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

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 ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a response from the U.S. State Department after reports surfaced about $400 million ...

CPAC gathering: Mr. Trump made a triumphant return to the Conservative Political Action Conference, reveling in his acts of ...

The Department of Government Efficiency is taking aim at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, as the administration argues in court that Elon Musk is not ...

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