House Republicans would slash international aid and solidify President Donald Trump’s actions to close the US Agency for International Development in a government-funding bill released Monday.
The House’s fiscal 2026 National Security-State appropriations bill does not include any funding for USAID. The measure, which is set for a subcommittee markup Tuesday, represents a step by Republican lawmakers to crystallize Trump’s unilateral actions to shutter some of the US’s international soft-power apparatus.
The bill includes broad cuts. It would provide $46.2 billion overall, a $13.1 billion reduction from the current level, according to a Republican summary by the House Appropriations Committee. ...