On Monday, February 3, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he would serve as the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID). Also on …
Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order?
Feb 1, 2025 · Congress provided the president the opportunity to modify or revise that plan (6601(e)) until the effective date of the reorganization plan, which the 1998 Act specified as no …
Trump Administration’s USAID Takeover May Have Broken the …
1 day ago · While USAID was first created by President John F. Kennedy in a 1961 executive order, Congress passed a law in 1998 to make it an “independent establishment” like others in …
Trump ‘does not have the authority to abolish’ USAID ...
6 days ago · “Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish …
Why is the Trump administration targeting USAID?
3 days ago · When Rubio was in the Senate, for instance, he was the lead sponsor of legislation in 2016 to make sure USAID established and monitored clear goals in line with Congressional …
What to know about Trump, Musk and the dismantling of USAID
6 days ago · Here is what the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan, independent policy research and analysis arm of the United States Congress, said about whether the …
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
Feb 3, 2025 · Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act and Kennedy set up USAID as an independent agency in 1961. USAID has outlived the Soviet Union, which fell in 1991. Today, …
Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID ...
Feb 3, 2025 · Destroying USAID might fit squarely within Trump’s political agenda, but the move itself may ultimately be a stress test for a Republican-controlled Congress that has shown little …