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Rubio announces he’s acting director of USAID as Musk and Trump work to dismantle agency

CNN
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed off on shutting the agency down.

In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees told in an email to remain at home.

Logos and photos of its aid work have been stripped from building walls. And its website and social media accounts have gone dark, replaced with a reduced version of its webpage on the State Department’s website.

“It is the apocalypse at USAID,” one USAID official said.

More at: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/usaid-washington-workers/index.html