Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stand in contrast to his ...
2 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a staunch supporter of its mission while in the US Senate, reversing his ...
World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in …
1 day ago · Leading the review will be US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has 90 days to evaluate “how and if” UNESCO supports Washington’s interests. ... the UNICEF representative in the country. Daily killings. Since June 2024, as the conflict has spread into new regions, an average of over four incidents per day has been documented, with an ...
Marco Rubio Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’
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 ...
UNICEF says it supported 18,000 community-based classrooms in ...
1 day ago · The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it supported 18,000 community-based education (CBE) classes in Afghanistan in 2024, providing learning opportunities for children in areas where public schools are either too distant or overcrowded. ... However, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio later announced that he had signed a waiver ...
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds …
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 ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces he's the acting …
3 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he's now acting director of the United States Agency for International Development and said it needs to align with an "America first" foreign policy agenda.
USAID: Rubio says he’s acting director as humanitarian agency is …
4 days ago · 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 ...
Marco Rubio Says He Now Runs U.S.A.I.D. as Staff Are Blocked …
4 days ago · Rubio Says He Now Runs Aid Agency, as Staff Are Blocked From Systems. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told reporters he had taken over the U.S. Agency for International Development and would ...
Rubio provides humanitarian exception in aid freeze | Miami Herald
Jan 29, 2025 · Secretary of State Marco Rubio is walking back an almost-total 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign assistance, making an exception for life-saving humanitarian aid, according to a memo the...
Rubio Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging UNICEF to Protect Cuban …
Jan 21, 2022 · Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter to Catherine Russell, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), urging her to prioritize the protection of at least 45 Cuban children, younger than 17, arbitrarily jailed ...