Most USAID programs cancelled; the rest folded into State Department

Hit the link for stats and some explanation. The excerpt below the link confirms things Secretary of State Rubio had previously stated.

“The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States,” Rubio said on X. “In consultation with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of programs we are keeping (approximately 1000) to now be administered more effectively under the State Department.” Rubio thanked the Department of Government Efficiency for its work on reforming USAID, the biggest project DOGE has pursued to date. Billionaire Elon Musk, head of DOGE, took the lead on dismantling USAID last month because of its long history of wasteful spending and funding for left-wing projects worldwide.

Critics of Musk’s plan for USAID expressed concerns about the fate of the agency’s global health and humanitarian aid programs. Rubio did not specify which USAID programs the State Department would begin managing, but the memo said food assistance initiatives and healthcare programs such as medical treatments for tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria would be kept in place.