Trump Eyes Shake-Up at USAID: What to Know

President Donald Trump is eyeing a major shake-up at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the government agency responsible for distributing U.S. financial assistance to foreign nations. Trump has long condemned U.S. intervention in global affairs, and his presidency now seems poised to significantly reform one of the federal agencies that critics have long seen as typifying globalism. Reports suggest that Trump will wrap USAID into the State Department but the administration has been tight-lipped about the president’s plans on this so far. Signs in recent days—like the termination of hundreds of contractors and employees at USAID and its subsidiaries, and the removal of USAID’s website—point towards a planned restructuring of the agency....