After cuts to funding and staff were done, the same Trump administration began scrambling to restore it after government agencies found themselves unable to function properly.
But not every bit of funding was restored. Part of what DOGE cut was roughly 5,000 funding grants for USAID. One of those grants funded a detection and warning program for, you guessed it, screwworms!
DOGE Cut Screwworm Fly Monitoring Program From USAID Last Year. Now They’re Back In The U.S. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/08/doge-cut-screwworm-fly-monitoring-program-from-usaid-last-year-now-theyre-back-in-the-u-s/
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