Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting director the U.S. Agency for International Development, following days of upheaval at USAID as the Trump administration froze many of its programs.
USAID employees woke up to an email telling them the headquarters in Washington, D.C., would be closed for the day and that they should work from home. Since Trump’s executive order to pause foreign assistance, USAID employees described chaos at the agency, with hundreds of layoffs and furloughs. MORE