WASHINGTON—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) submitted an official notification to Congress on Friday that the State Department will be assuming responsibility for most of the agency’s functions and ongoing programming.
All personnel will receive a Reduction in Force (RIF) notification on Friday, a USAID official shared with The Daily Wire, informing them that all non-statutory positions at USAID will be eliminated. That includes USAID employees around the world.
Approximately 4,600 USAID personnel will be RIF’d across the agency’s foreign and civil service.
Personnel will begin receiving RIF notices via email within a few minutes of that notification. Those notices will specify one of two final separation dates: either July 1, 2025, or September 2, 2025.
The historic move realigns the United States’ handling of foreign aid, implementing foreign…
