Secretary of State Marco Rubio is adding a new role to his portfolio: acting head of the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development. In recent days, Elon Musk, the ultrawealthy ally of ...

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The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving ...

Trump campaign advisor and CEO of X Strategies, Alex Bruesewitz, called her new slot: ‘a smart move and certainly a step in ...

The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain the department’s plan to purchase $400 ...

Top Treasury officials have complained about disruption. The secretary of state has pushed back on staff cuts. Inside the ...

We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas, and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.” ...

The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk ... of State Marco Rubio, the agency ...

As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to target federal agencies like the Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service ...