Roughly 4,600 USAID employees will officially be terminated by September of this year as the agency restructures to fall in line with President Trump's "America First" policies.

The canceled USAID contracts represent about 45% of the total number of itemized contracts on DOGE's website, and 57% of the $21.6 billion it claims to have saved from terminated contracts.

Roderick Watson, of Maryland, is alleged to have received bribes valued in excess of $1 million while working at USAID, in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money.

USAID — the agency that oversaw the distribution of foreign aid — was among the first to face drastic personnel cuts by DOGE. On Feb. 2, Musk posted on X that "USAID is a criminal organization.

USAID directly or indirectly funded gender equality, religious tolerance, and English-language education projects in Iraq. When Israel allowed aid caravans into Gaza, USAID paid for food, medicine ...