politics
March 21, 2026
Trump replaces USAID with smaller State Department aid bureau
The State Department has created a new bureau to handle disaster and humanitarian response efforts worldwide, a move that comes as the Trump administration remakes and scales back the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development.
TL;DR
- A new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response has been created within the State Department.
- This bureau will handle disaster and humanitarian response efforts globally.
- The move comes as the Trump administration works to scale back and remake the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
- USAID was previously closed, with many of its functions folded into the State Department.
- The new bureau will have about 200 employees, operate across 12 global hubs, and receive $5.4 billion annually.
- USAID, established by President Kennedy, previously managed about $40 billion annually and operated in approximately 130 countries.
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