Marco Rubio announced as acting administrator of USAID

Published February 3, 2025 1:41pm ET



Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he is the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development after Department of Government Efficiency Chairman Elon Musk announced the Trump administration’s plans to shut the agency down.

Over the past few days, the Trump administration made several moves to curtail the USAID, including putting two senior security officials on leave and closing the federal headquarters.

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