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State Department formally notifies Congress it is effectively dissolving USAID

The State Department has notified Congress about the effective dissolution of the US Agency for International Development , moving several functions under the department by July 1.
This reorganization signifies the potential end of a multibillion-dollar agency that fought poverty and hunger globally.
The dissolution is likely to face legal challenges since it was enacted without legislative approval.
USAID will eliminate nearly all non-statutory positions, with employees receiving reduction-in-force notices.

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Denver Gazette

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