Republicans defend USAID in hearing to criticize waste
House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast’s effort Thursday to spotlight waste at the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
GOP chairman responds after protesters are tossed from USAID spending hearing
Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., poked fun at the protesters for being behind the times after they interrupted opening statements from witnesses before the committee. "PEPFAR saves lives.
Watch live: House panel convenes hearing on USAID amid DOGE overhaul
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning looking into what GOP leadership has called the ...
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast: We're "Purging" DEI From The State Department
GOP Rep. Brian Mast, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told CBS's "Face The Nation" that he wants Congress to ...
Wrongfully detained US teacher Marc Fogel calls Trump a ‘hero’ during White House meeting after release from Russian prison
Trump, 78, greeted Fogel outside the White House on a snowy night in Washington just hours after his administration ...
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? | Fact check
The report says in 2024, “USAID provided $2.1 billion directly to local non-governmental, private sector and government ...
Judge lax on St. Lucie animal abusers; Stuart, Brightline; Florida teachers | Letters
Sentence OK in what investigators described as an “illegal animal slaughter farm” in western St. Lucie County? Florida ...
'Swindled the American taxpayer': New House GOP internal memo rips Dem USAID uproar
A new internal memo being circulated among certain Republican lawmakers is encouraging a set of talking points to push back ...
GOP rep says he supports ‘purging’ of State Department
Republican Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he supports “purging” personnel at ...
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Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., appearing Feb. 2 on CBS’ "Face the Nation," said when it comes to USAID funding, "10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid. So there's not the ...
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Mast blames Meeks for pause of $1 billion arms sale to Israel
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) told the Washington Examiner that ranking member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) paused the sale. “It wasn’t ‘Congress’; it was Meeks ...