Author: Richard Luscombe
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Marco Rubio appoints himself head of USAid as workers locked out of office
The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, declared himself the acting administrator of the besieged United States Agency for International Development (USAid) on Monday as staffers were locked out of its Washington DC headquarters and the White House confirmed plans to merge it into the state department. The agency has become a touchpoint for the Trump…
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Fury grows as US politicians demand answers about mysterious drones
The governor of New Jersey has demanded that Joe Biden take control of an investigation into mysterious and more frequent appearances of multiple large drones flying over his state amid mounting frustration that federal officials are downplaying the incidents. Democrat Phil Murphy released on Friday a letter he wrote to the White House to express…