Afghanistan, July 2 -- The U.S. has dismantled USAID, shifting all foreign aid control to the State Department, ending decades of global humanitarian and development efforts.
In a major shift in American foreign aid policy, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday, July 1, that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will no longer manage U.S. foreign assistance programs. He stated that USAID has failed in its mission and is no longer aligned with current U.S. strategic interests.
Rubio confirmed that moving forward, all U.S. foreign aid efforts will be handled directly by the Department of State. Only those programs that are aligned with the U.S. government's policies and advance American national interests ...