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Foreign Affairs Dems press Rubio on Burma earthquake response, USAID cuts
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and 18 other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed the Trump administration to ...
Pete Marocco, Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID, abruptly leaves State Department role
In his time in the post, Marocco worked alongside Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but also clashed ...
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Trump official who dismantled USAID abruptly fired from State Department
Pete Marocco, one of the chief Trump officials who oversaw the brutal gutting of USAID, was suddenly let go from the State ...
Pete Marocco, mastermind behind dismantling of USAID projects, leaves State Department
Pete Marocco, who led the dismantling of USAID under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, departs as critics accuse him of chaos and foreign aid cuts that gutted U.S. global development programs.
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
State Department Axes Over $200 Million In Taxpayer-Funded Foreign Grants
The State Department axed over $200 million in foreign grants funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a memo obtained by The ...
Trump official who led charge to close USAID out at State Department: Report
A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday detailed that Pete Marocco, hired at State less than three months ago to oversee the ...
Trump official who helped dismantle USAID leaves role after ‘depriving millions’ of life-saving support
A senior State Department official who masterminded the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID) ...
Trump-appointed official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves State Department
Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International ...
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Exclusive: Lawmakers oppose USAID merger, citing ‘unlawful’ process
In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, four Democratic lawmakers objected to the Trump administration’s plans to ...
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Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here’s what happened
The rationale was to address "mismanagement, fraud, and misaligned priorities." Former USAID official Jeremy Konyndyk said ...