Rubio hands off one of his four jobs by putting Vought in charge of USAID

Published August 29, 2025 12:47pm ET



Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought will oversee the wind-down of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

“With a small set of core programs moved over to the State Department, USAID is officially in close out mode,” Rubio said in a social media post. “Russ is now at the helm to oversee the closeout of an agency that long ago went off the rails.”

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