Rubio is no longer the acting administrator of USAID. He handed that to OMB director Russ Vought in August for Vought to finish the shutdown of the dismantled agency. Politico did a story on it, and we spoke to Vought’s office about it as well. https://t.co/9TCO9vlDuA https://t.co/O7fARtIpcw
— Edward Wong (@ewong) January 9, 2026
