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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.
As a U.S. senator, Marco Rubio supported foreign aid and praised the U.S. Agency for International Development, aka USAID. Since he became secretary of state and USAID’s acting ...
Australia makes $500 mln AUKUS payment ahead of US defence secretary meeting
Australia has made its first $500 million payment to the United States under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal ahead of a ...
Rubio named acting director of another US government agency: report
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assumed another role in the Trump administration, acting director of the U.S. Archives. He is ...
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...
US seizes second plane owned by Venezuelan government in Dominican Republic, citing evasion of sanctions
An aircraft that U.S. officials say was used to benefit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was seized Thursday in the ...
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 ...
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague launches secretary of state bid, abandons governor's race
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague will announce a bid for secretary of state after abandoning efforts to run for governor in 2026 ...
Rubio: U.S. government ships have 'expectations' not to be charged at Panama Canal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said it was "absurd" that U.S. government ships are charged to use the Panama ...
Humanitarians warn of dire consequences if US foreign aid ends
President Donald Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign humanitarian aid and shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International ...
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of ...
Afghans who worked with US should be exempt from aid, refugee freeze, advocacy group says
A group representing U.S. veterans, service members and others is warning the Trump administration of severe impacts on U.S.