EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is accusing USAID of “rank insubordination,” adding “we had no choice but to bring this thing under control.” The top U.S. diplomat made the comments in an exclusive interview with Fox News in El Salvador, just after announcing he would take over as acting director of the humanitarian agency. … [Read more…]
President Trump targets USAID as Marco Rubio becomes acting director of the embattled agency
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 … [Read more…]
Jason Gray Acting Administrator of USAID put on leave after trying to stop Musk’s team from accessing classified info, officials say
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department CNN — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator of the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department. The news came hours after … [Read more…]
Emergency Humanitarian Waiver to Foreign Assistance Pause
Source – US State departmentJanuary 28, 2025 To: All implementing U.S. government agencies, partners, and NGOs. For the purposes of carrying out the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, I am approving an additional waiver of the pause under the Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid … [Read more…]
Leaked guidance for PEPFAR on the waiver to the funding freeze for “life-saving humanitarian assistance programs”
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Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAID: ‘He’s a destroyer’
The Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by a campaign ally who sowed a trail of enmity at multiple agencies during the first Trump presidency and has been publicly identified as allegedly having been present at the January 6 insurrection when rioters stormed the US Capitol. Peter Marocco has accumulated … [Read more…]
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down some payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department. “The corruption and waste is being rooted out in real-time,” Musk posted on X, saying officials reporting … [Read more…]
US Foreign Aid: Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Over Stop Work Orders
Robert Nichols, an attorney representing contractors and NGOs involved in foreign aid programs, is gearing up to file a lawsuit this week. He claims that the sudden stop-work orders breach the Administrative Procedures Act, which forbids arbitrary actions by agencies.
US Workers – The Social Security Administration’s website could be next on the list…
It looks like the Social Security Administration’s website could be at risk, especially with the controversial access Elon Musk and DOGE have to the Department of Treasury’s federal payments system. It is strongly recommended that you download your most recent Social Security statement, just in case you need to prove your SSA earnings down the … [Read more…]