Snippet of Article: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused the USAID of “rank insubordination” through its use of taxpayer dollars.
USAID is facing this scrutiny after the presidential advisory committee, DOGE, led by Elon Musk discovered and halted several wasteful payments from the agency, according to the White House.
- Here is the list of USAID expenses:
- $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza
- $1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia's workplaces
- $70,000 for the production of a DEI musical in Ireland
- $47,000 on a transgender opera in Colombia
- $32,000 for a transgender comic in Peru
- $37 million to the World Health Organization
- $16 million in funding for institutional contractors in gender development offices
- $4 million of funding for the Center for Climate-Positive Development
- $12 million in support services to the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security
- $6 million in non-emergency funding for redundant administrative supports for the Center of Excellence
- $3 million in non-emergency funding to provide evaluation services for planning and learning programs
- $600,000 to fund technical assistance for family planning in Latin America