16 hours ago · Behind Marco Rubio's trip to Latin America 02:14. The United States does not plan to stop distributing foreign aid around the world but needs to do a better job explaining and defending programs ...

1 day ago · “Foreign aid as a part of our overall budget is less than 1% of the total amount the US Government spends,” Rubio said in one 2017 speech on the Senate floor. “I promise you it is going to ...

1 day ago · Senator Marco Rubio, now serving as both Secretary of State and Acting Administrator of USAID, has initiated a widespread review of U.S. foreign aid, halting nearly all outgoing funding and ...

8 hours ago · Rubio, who as a senator had defended foreign assistance, had earlier sought to mitigate the damage by issuing a waiver to exempt emergency food aid and “life-saving” programs. By Tuesday, when Rubio was in Guatemala, an order came down to shut down all but the most essential USAID missions and repatriate American staff within 30 days.

1 day ago · Rubio's remarks came in response to concerns from Haven Cruz-Hubbard, the USAID mission director for Guatemala, who asked about the administration's efforts to curb foreign aid. Rubio insisted ...

1 day ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on ...

Jan 28, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt.. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who initially exempted only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt from the aid pause ...

3 days ago · In a letter to the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate committees on foreign affairs and related appropriations, Mr. Rubio said that Mr. Marocco would “begin the review and ...

3 days ago · Agency in crisis: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said Monday that he was now the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal humanitarian aid agency ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered an immediate stop to the flow of almost all U.S. foreign assistance Friday pending a review, according to an internal State Department cable obtained...