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Pete Marocco, mastermind behind dismantling of USAID projects, leaves State Department
Pete Marocco, who led the dismantling of USAID under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, departs as critics accuse him of chaos ...
Pete Marocco, Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID, abruptly leaves State Department role
In his time in the post, Marocco worked alongside Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but also clashed ...
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All USAID projects at MSU terminated by Trump administration
Nine direct and five flow-through USAID projects at MSU were terminated, amounting to more than $20 million in funding lost, ...
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Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here’s what happened
In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week ...
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Thousands of USAID terminations to take effect by September in agency's final leg of 'drawdown'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has served as the agency's acting administrator since February. USAID firings are back in the headlines after viral news reports claimed that the Trump administration ...
Biden administration partnered with private companies, USAID to combat 'disinformation'
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a document from the Biden administration showing that the ...
Trump-appointed official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves State Department
Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International ...
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
Trump official who led charge to close USAID out at State Department: Report
A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday detailed that Pete Marocco, hired at State less than three months ago to oversee the ...
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Exclusive: Lawmakers oppose USAID merger, citing ‘unlawful’ process
In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, four Democratic lawmakers objected to the Trump administration’s plans to ...
DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office
The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
Rubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown
But when he arrived, Marocco could not enter the building: security told him he was no longer an employee there, according to a person familiar with the situation. Word of Marocco’s firing quickly ...