DOGE official taking USAID leadership role: Report

An official at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at USAID, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle, per an email obtained by AP. Pete Marocco, a Trump administration appointee serving as USAID deputy head, disclosed the change in the email to state department staff. It comes after Marocco and DOGE oversaw gutting of 83% of USAID contracts. Marocco said he will serve as state department's head of foreign aid. He wrote secretary of state Marco Rubio will "effective immediately" designate Jeremy Lewin as deputy administrator for policy and programmes at USAID and as chief operating officer. Lewin, a DOGE official worked with Musk's govt-cutting efforts at federal agencies.