The future of American aid becomes grimmer as the days go by, with a recent court ruling further legitimizing the Trump administration’s ongoing purge of the U.S. Agency for International Development — once the world’s largest bilateral aid agency.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in early February that certain bureaus of USAID would be reorganized and absorbed by the Department of State, or DoS. What that means is still unclear, and the development sector remains paralyzed. Thousands were already laid off from several organizations that used to receive the bulk of their income from USAID.
Aside from USAID, other U.S. government agencies also carry out foreign assistance, including DoS and the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS.