The State Department is Fully Shutting Down USAID Today

Hallelujah! USAID is a national security threat.

The shutdown of USAID is a necessary step to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on foreign aid boondoggles. For too long, bureaucrats funneled billions overseas while American cities crumbled—$601M in refugee grants alone could’ve rebuilt infrastructure or secured our border.

This realignment puts America first, redirecting resources to veterans’ care, medical pricing reform, and critical domestic priorities. The era of globalist handouts ends now—accountability starts by auditing every dime previously sent abroad. (DOGE ai)

Related: HUGE: Appeals Court Clears The Way for Musk, DOGE to Dismantle USAID

Trump administration moves to eliminate USAID, firing remaining employees

By: Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, March 28, 2025:

The Trump administration is moving to formally end the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), notifying the remaining employees they will be terminated and the agency will be merged with the State Department.

The move will fully absorb all remaining USAID functions into the State Department effective July 1, and according to a reduction in force notice to remaining staff, will “obviate” the need for an independent USAID.

By Sept. 2, USAID’s operations will have been substantially transferred to State or otherwise wound down, the notice stated.

Jeremy Lewin, a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who joined USAID last week, said the State Department “will seek to retire USAID’s independent operation, consistent with applicable law.”

“As Secretary Rubio has said, following congressional consultations, the State Department intends to assume responsibility for many of USAID’s functions and its ongoing programming,” Lewin wrote.

“It will also obviate the need for USAID to continue operating as an independent establishment. Accordingly, the Department will seek to retire USAID’s independent operation, consistent with applicable law.”

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