Rubio taps Pete Marocco to run USAID, despite his Jan. 6 past
In case the Jan. 6 pardons weren’t enough, one of the men who entered the Capitol now has a powerful position in the State ...
How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs
In Washington, many conservatives are cheering the Musk-led DOGE’s gutting of USAID as an example of how it is possible to ...
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 ...
USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
USAID announced that all "direct-hire personnel" will be placed on leave with some exceptions for those on "mission-critical ...
New Head of the USAID Reportedly Stormed Capitol on Jan. 6
Pete Marocco, who has been reportedly tapped to head the USAID, allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
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Pete Marocco is reportedly the familiar face running shutdown of USAID.
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USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave starting Friday
A day after the Trump administration moved to shut down the USAID agency, the State Department has begun helping recall all ...
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, ...
Senior State Department official haunted by his scandalous record
In theory, revelations about Darren Beattie's recent past should end his State Department tenure. In practice, it might not ...
Rubio now also heads USAID as Musk-led Doge shuts it down, staff locked out
In a letter to legislators on Monday, Rubio stated that he had given interim administrator power to Pete Marocco, a Trump ...