USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say

USAID could be shut down, merged into State Department

USAID, a federal agency that delivers humanitarian relief around the world, is on the verge of being shut down, according to Elon Musk. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was named acting administrator ...

CBS News - 2h

US Vice President JD Vance will attend AI summit in Paris, French official says

A French diplomatic official says U.S. Vice President JD Vance will attend a two-day high-level summit focusing on artificial intelligence in Paris next week

ABC News - 3h

Ending USAID would be 'incredibly dangerous,' former official says

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former lead official at USAID, about efforts to shutter the global aid agency.

ABC News - 9h

Former USAID official calls Trump's changes "dangerous for the country"

Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating USAID is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans less safe.

CBS News - 12h

Former USAID official reacts to agency overhaul

U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News on Monday that the State Department would absorb the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of President Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul ...

CBS News - 15h

Democrat places blanket hold on Trump’s State Department picks over targeting of USAID

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s nominees to the State Department until ...

The Hill - 19h

Rubio says he is the acting head of USAID

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporter traveling in El Salvador with him that he is the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development and voiced his concerns about the ...

NBC News - 22h

USAID to merge into State Department with major budget cuts

The U.S. Agency for International Development will be folded into the State Department, sources tell CBS News. CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs has the latest.

CBS News - 23h

Musk says administration is on verge of shutting down USAID

Elon Musk, the administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO, says the administration is on the verge of shutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.

CBS News - 1d

Ukraine strikes major Russian oil refinery for second time in 3 days, official says

A senior official claims that Ukrainian long-range drones have struck one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries for the second time in three days

ABC News - 1d

Two top security officials at USAID placed on leave, sources say

USAID Director for Security John Vorhees and Deputy Director for Security Brian McGill were put on leave last night, two sources confirmed to CBS News.

CBS News - 1d

Trump: USAID ‘run by a bunch of radical lunatics’ after reports of merger with State Department

President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after recent news reports that he is considering merging the agency with the State ...

The Hill - 1d

GOP rep says he supports 'purging' of State Department

Republican Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he supports “purging” personnel at the State Department. Mast joined CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where ...

The Hill - 1d

Rep. Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department

GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ...

CBS News - 1d

USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department

Move would threaten life-saving global humanitarian aid programs, from HIV/Aids treatments to clean water access. The website for the US Agency for International Development, or USAid, appeared to ...

The Guardian - 2d

Canadians largely against proposal to merge with US: Survey

The majority of Canadians are opposed to their country merging with the U.S., something President Trump has suggested in recent weeks, according to new surveys published on Friday. The new YouGov ...

The Hill - 3d

Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use

Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent ...

The New York Times - 3d

Democrats slam Trump over reports he'll merge USAID with State Department

Democrats on Friday slammed President Trump over recent news reports that he is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department. “It is ...

The Hill - 3d

Top Justice Department Officials Meet Prosecutors in Adams Case

Senior officials in Washington met with Manhattan prosecutors and defense lawyers representing Mayor Eric Adams to discuss dropping the corruption case against him.

The New York Times - 3d

Senior USAID official ousted after fighting back against removal of career leadership

An order sidelining almost 60 senior career leaders at the U.S. Agency for International Development was temporarily rescinded Thursday by one of the few remaining senior career civil servants with ...

NBC News - 4d

Frontier Airlines proposes merging with bankrupt Spirit — again. Spirit says no

Frontier Airlines said Wednesday it has again proposed combining with Spirit Airlines, which is in bankruptcy.

CNBC - 5d

California officials deny Trump’s claim that US military ‘turned on the water’ in state

State water officials say military ‘did not enter California’ and ‘federal government restarted federal water pumps’. California water officials said this week there’s no truth to Donald Trump’s ...

The Guardian - 6d

Trump administration puts about 60 USAid officials on leave after aid freeze

Memo said some actions in agency ‘appeared to be designed to circumvent’ Trump’s orders and ‘America First’ policy. The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

Trump justice department fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith

Acting attorney general says career officials could not be trusted to ‘faithfully implement the president’s agenda’. Acting attorney general James McHenry on Monday fired more than a dozen federal ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico officially renamed Gulf of America

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

CBS News - Jan. 24

State Department cancels all refugee travel to the U.S.

All refugee travel to the U.S. has been put on hold and the State Department has stopped refugee processing in order to comply with President Trump's suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

CBS News - Jan. 22

Rubio speaks to State Department employees at welcoming ceremony

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is delivering remarks to State Department employees Tuesday afternoon in a welcoming ceremony hours after being sworn in. Rubio, a former Republican senator from ...

The Hill - Jan. 21

‘We’ve impeded China’: departing official defends US export controls

Alan Estevez was at cutting edge of Biden administration’s efforts to take global lead in artificial intelligence

Financial Times - Jan. 20

Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok US

The search engine platform Perplexity AI submitted a bid to merge with TikTok on Saturday, a source familiar told The Hill. The move follows a Friday Supreme Court ruling that upheld the decision ...

The Hill - Jan. 19

Sudan’s Military Has Used Chemical Weapons Twice, U.S. Officials Say

The determination came as the United States announced sanctions against the Sudanese military chief, saying there was strong evidence of atrocities in the country.

The New York Times - Jan. 16

Merrick Garland rebukes 'unfounded attacks' on Justice Department officials in farewell speech

In a farewell speech to Justice Department staffers, outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appeared to rebuke attacks from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who have ...

NBC News - Jan. 16

Blinken holds final news conference at State Department

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held his final news conference at the State Department Thursday. Following a portion of the news conference, CBS News contributor Robert Berger provided analysis ...

CBS News - Jan. 16

L.A. Fire Department officials face criticism over early wildfire response

The most dangerous of the winds in Southern California will be dying down over the next few hours, giving firefighters a much-needed break. Jonathan Vigliotti has new reporting on how some of them ...

CBS News - Jan. 15

Pam Bondi claims justice department ‘targeted’ Trump but says she won’t pursue ‘political’ prosecutions – US politics live

Bondi facing senators as Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio and CIA pick John Ratcliffe also face confirmation hearings. Trump’s attorney general faces scrutiny at Senate hearing Who is Pam Bondi, ...

The Guardian - Jan. 15

USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say

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