Inside USAID’s undoing
As Marocco and his DOGE entourage dug through USAID’s books, the foreign aid freeze’s effect was reverberating across the ...
New Head of the USAID Reportedly Stormed Capitol on Jan. 6
Pete Marocco, who has been reportedly tapped to head the USAID, allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
Senior State Department official haunted by his scandalous record
In theory, revelations about Darren Beattie's recent past should end his State Department tenure. In practice, it might not ...
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Pete Marocco is reportedly the familiar face running shutdown of USAID.
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The news came hours after Elon Musk, who has been charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald ...
Chris Hayes: Musk wants to run the government like he runs X. That's bad news for Americans.
Chris Hayes explains how Elon Musk is using his Twitter takeover playbook to gut government agencies, with moves many legal ...
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Trump Official Who Allegedly Stormed Capitol Places Aid Workers on Leave: ‘You Are Not to Enter USAID Premises’
In a memo titled, “PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE,” acting deputy administrator for management and resources Pete Marocco advised USAID employees they were “being placed on excused absence ...
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USAID begins sending administrative leave notices ahead of expected shutdown
Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development began receiving notices Tuesday that they are being placed on administrative leave, as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to ...
Rubio now also heads USAID as Musk-led Doge shuts it down, staff locked out
In a letter to legislators on Monday, Rubio stated that he had given interim administrator power to Pete Marocco, a Trump ...