By 2026, the agency was a shell of its former self. Most of its contracts were terminated and thousands of employees fired as the administration moved to wind down the agency's operations. A recent study published in The Lancet medical journal predicts that the USAID cuts, in concert with reductions from other western nations, could result in the deaths of 9.4 million people around the world by 2030 and increase the spread of malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis.
The University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors required each campus to develop a subcommittee to evaluate compliance with the anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policy, mandating neutrality from administrators on political and social issues.