The rapid decimation of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s workforce in recent days led congressional Democrats to vent their fury Monday over billionaire Elon Musk’s attacks on the agency, while Republicans said USAID was wasting taxpayers’ money and they would be content to see it absorbed into the State Department.
Democrats said President Donald Trump had created a constitutional crisis over the agency, and late Monday afternoon the White House released a list of items it said represented “waste and abuse” at the agency.
As events unfolded rapidly, the State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been appointed by Trump as acting USAID administrator.
