So, the list is in, and much of USAID is out — officially.
Up-to-date information on thousands of terminated and active USAID programs has been shared with Congress, giving us a better sense of where the agency stands — though it won’t be standing on its own much longer. On Friday, we received word of formal plans to shutter USAID and merge it into the State Department, alongside plans to fire (again, I suppose) the agency’s staff.
The Trump administration will propose legislation to officially “abolish USAID as an independent establishment” as part of its budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2026. As if “abolish” wasn’t blunt or ominous enough, USAID staff were sent a “final mission” email stating that the agency’s entire workforce will be gone by either July 1 or Sept. 2, 2025.