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Pakistani envoy defends human rights record, urges closer US ties
Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, Pakistan's new ambassador in Washington, was the focus of our first Ambassador Insider Series of 2025.
USAID to be reduced to about 290 foreign service officers and civil servants
Thousands of USAID employees learned this week that they would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday amid slashes to the federal workforce.
Rubio says it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials that it was "not our intention" to uproot USAID staffers working abroad ...
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Trump's demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas
Frustration boiled over Wednesday among supporters of the United States' lead aid agency at a Washington rally, and anxious ...
What Rubio told U.S. diplomats about the future of foreign aid, as most programs paused
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. diplomats behind closed doors about how foreign aid will be distributed by the Trump administration.
Here's how Rubio's first trip abroad as top US diplomat got overshadowed by foreign policy at home
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the W ...
Trump’s rapid dismantling of USAID leaves workers around world concerned for safety and futures
The Trump administration’s rapid moves to dismantle the US Agency for International Development have left thousands of ...
Transcript Shows Rubio Asking U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’
Speaking at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, the secretary of state called foreign aid “the least popular thing” that ...
Guatemala to increase deportation flights from US carrying migrants from other countries
Guatemala agrees to accept deportees from the U.S. under a new deal brokered by Marco Rubio, as part of his Central America trip focused on immigration and security.